Legal Opinion
Barry v. Detroit Terminal Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 1943No. Docket No. 72, Calendar No. 42,479PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoyles, C. J.
Plaintiff sues to recover wages alleged to be due him from defendant, beginning December 1, 1934, for breach of contract to return him to employment as a switchman on defendant’s railroad. The declaration alleges that plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a switchman in 1928, that a contract was entered into by the Switchmen’s Union of North America on behalf of plaintiff and all other switchmen in defendant’s employ, by which the defendant agreed that in case of layoffs on account of reduction in power, the employees so laid off would be permitted to resume work in the order in which…
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