E. G. Shinner & Co. v. Lauf

DUFFY, District Judge.

The motions now before the court involve two cases. The first is E. G. Shinner and Company, Inc., v. Edward Lauf et al., Civil Docket No. 4593, which will hereafter be referred to as the “Lauf Case”; the second is E. G. Shinner and Company, Inc., v. William Kennedy et al., Civil Docket No. 5239, which will hereafter be referred to as the “Kennedy Case”. The plaintiff in each case is a Delaware corporation which owned and operated five retail meat markets in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Lauf Case was commenced April 11, 1935, the complaint alleging that none of its employees…