U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company v. Nettles

PRICE, Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit for severance pay under the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement between his union and defendant. The amount sued for was $750. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $354.48. Defendant appeals.

The collective bargaining agreement involved here was entered into on the 16 day of August, 1948, between the SlossSheffield Steel & Iron Company and Sloss Red Ore Local Union 109 International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. In September, 1952, defendant acquired all of the assets of Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company…