Baker Community Hotel Co. v. Hotel Restaurant Employees & Bartenders Local No. 161

This is an appeal by the defendants, a labor union and an official of the union, from a decree of the Circuit Court which enjoined them from picketing the place of business of the plaintiff and granted the latter judgment against the defendants for $1,000 compensatory damages, $1,500 punitive damages, and the costs of the suit.

Before the challenged decree was entered, the following course was taken: (1) A motion, filed by the appellants to strike some parts of the amended and supplemental complaint and to make other parts more certain, had been denied; (2) a demurrer, filed by the appellants…