Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Simmons

In our opinion handed down December 10, 1934, we held that the by-laws invoked by the appellant in its contention that controversies arising between members and the Brotherhood must first be adjudicated by the association before appeal to the court, related to controversies arising out of questions of policy, doctrine or discipline and had no application to claims arising out of contracts. It was upon this theory that our opinion was based. A more careful examination of the provisions of the by-laws convinces us that we were in error, and that they were, in fact, intended (those relating to…