Thompson v. Boekhout

Edgcomb, J. (dissenting).

On January 2, 1936, the defendant Townsend, president of the local union, presented to the plaintiff for his signature a proposed agreement, which provided in substance that the plaintiff would employ only moving picture operators supplied by the union, and would pay each operator not less than forty-nine dollars per week. The defendant Moyer, a member of the union,'was employed by the plaintiff at the time, and was receiving thirty-five dollars a week. Plaintiff’s theatre was a small one, and drew its patronage from the surrounding neighborhood. The receipts were…