Gutensohn v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.

OTIS, District Judge.

Sixty-eight individuals, plaintiffs below, appellants here, who had been employees of the Fort Smith & Western Railway Company and thereafter of the receiver of that company, brought action in a state court under the Missouri Act (R.S.Mo. 1939, Art. XIV, Secs. 1126-1140, Mo.R. S.A.) praying a declaration that each was entitled to a judgment against The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and the trustee of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, defendants below, appellees here, in a named amount. The total sum asked to be declared owing to plaintiffs was $304,-139.50. The…