Simpson v. Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Suits by J. W. Simpson and G. A. Smith against the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and others. Verdict for plaintiffs against the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and in favor of the other defendants, and recovery in the Smith case reduced on motion for new trial and in the Simpson case motion for new trial overruled, and defendant Brotherhood in each case brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE :
In each of these two cases involving the same general principles and procedure and giving rise to similar questions, two writs of error were obtained. In each, a number of individuals were joined with the unincorporated association known as the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, as defendants. Under instructions from the court, the jury in each returned a verdict for all the individual defendants, and a verdict against the association, assessing the damages in the Smith case at $15,931.00, and in the Simpson case, at $11,000.00. In each, the jury in…
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