Williamson v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America

This is an appeal by J. R. Williamson and 113 other plaintiffs from a judgment entered on October 17, 1940, by the superior court for Cowlitz county, dismissing the causes of action of each and all of the plaintiffs, in an action instituted against the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, a voluntary association (hereinafter referred to as the brotherhood), and A. W. Muir.

The second amended complaint, upon which this action was tried, consists of 141 pages, and is divided into 114 causes of action; in other words, a purported cause of action is alleged as to each of the…