Mathews v. United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry of United States & Canada

Black, j;

As in L’Hommedieu v. Smith, 351 Mich 223, we have before us another example of errant effort to try, by motion to dismiss distinguished from *295formal testimonial hearing, issues that are properly pleaded in a bill of complaint.

It is alleged, in the bill before us:

That the 9 plaintiffs “have been members in good standing of the defendant unions for many years and until the occurrence of the events” presently outlined ; that defendant United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Pitting Industry of the United States and Canada (designated “United…