Titus v. Tacoma Smeltermen's Union Local No. 25

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in favor of the plaintiffs (respondents), E. P. Titus and E. R. Faure, against the defendants (appellants), Tacoma Smeltermen’s Union Local #25 and two of its officers and the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, the parent organization, and one international representative.

The plaintiffs were nonunion laboratory employees of the Tacoma plant of the American Smelting and Refining Company. They brought two causes of action against the defendants. The first cause of action was for the recovery of lost wages caused by the…