Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Greene

HIGGINS, Justice (after stating the case as above).

It is contended by appellant that the constitution of the Brotherhood constitutes the contract between the parties; that it is an Ohio contract and governed by the laws of that.State; that under the laws of Ohio the action of the Board of Directors of the Brotherhood in rejecting the appel-lee’s claim is final and for that reason he cannot maintain this action. The .appellee did not become a member of the Brotherhood until his application had been accepted, the certificate of membership issued, delivered to and accepted by the appellee. These…