West v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Miller, Judge:

The plaintiff brought this action against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, Local Lodge No. 557, alleging that he was and had been a member in good standing of Local Lodge No. 557, and that prior to January 6, 1922, he was employed by the defendant company as a carman in its shops at Gassaway, W. Va., at which time he was laid off or furloughed by the company until such time as he should be recalled and given employment by it, with the benefits of his place on the seniority list kept by the company and the local lodge; that about…