Evans v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Reid, Chief Justice.

One of the points presented by counsel for defendants in error in support of the judgment is that the superior court has no jurisdiction to determine the relative seniority rights of contesting engineers of a railroad company, under a collective-bargaining contract between engineers and firemen and such company, by virtue of the provisions of the Federal railway-labor act as amended. 45 U. S. C. A. § 153 et seq. This act established a board to be known as the National Railroad Adjustment Board, and provided that one of the divisions of this board should have jurisdiction…