McGee v. St. Joseph Belt Railway Co.

Plaintiff is employed by the- defendant as a switchman at its railroad yards in St. Joseph, Missouri. He brought this action upon a contract entered into between the local Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, of which plaintiff is a member, and the defendant. The particular part of the contract alleged to have been violated relates to plaintiff’s rights of seniority. The ease comes here as a result of the action of the trial court in sustaining defend ant’s motion for a judgment upon the pleadings, after the filing, by plaintiff, of his reply.

The contract in question provided that…