Legal Opinion
Tyler v. Boot & Shoe Workers Union
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1933PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The defendant is described in the writ in this action at law as “Boot and Shoe Workers Union, a voluntary association having a usual place of business in *55Boston.” The defendant filed a motion to dismiss, a plea in abatement, and a demurrer. They were heard together. On the plea in abatement evidence was received and a finding made that the named defendant is a “voluntary, unincorporated labor association. It is not an ‘association’ or a ‘trust,’ as those terms are defined and used” in G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 182.
A motion to dismiss or to quash is a proper form of pleading in actions at law to…
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