Stetson v. Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway Co.

Plaintiff, having been discharged from his employment by defendant, brought suit for two weeks’ “vacation pay” which he claims to have “earned.” Findings in his favor resulted in a judgment from which defendant has taken an appeal.

There were four such suits instituted against defendant by separate plaintiffs, all represented by the same attorney. In the first of these, Cummings v. Chicago, A. & E. Ry. Co., 348 Ill. App. 537, plaintiff’s claim for two weeks’ vacation pay was sustained. After the opinion had been filed, the cases of the three remaining plaintiffs were called for trial,…