Costello v. O'Kane

Plaintiff-respondent was elected assistant business manager of appellant association for the two calendar years 1949 and 1950. The length of term was designated in its by-laws, which also directed that the compensation payable to such an official should be equal to the wages of first assistant engineers for class C vessels in the Merchant Marine. On June 7, 1950, proceedings were taken at a regular meeting of the association which are claimed to have removed him from office before the expiration of his term. The procedure by which this result was sought to be accomplished was by reducing the…