Schouten v. Alpine

The questions upon which the trial court reserved decision on defendant’s motion for a new trial were, first, whether, conceding the unlawful expulsion of the plaintiff by the local union, the defendant, the national or parent organization was liable in damages, and in the second place, whether the verdict of the jury was excessive. The first question was discussed at some length on defendant’s motion to dismiss, made at the end of plaintiff’s case. It seems to me, on going over the testimony and the constitution and by-laws of the defendant and its local branch or union, that the relation of…