Lowery v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders & Helpers

On October 28, 1953, Walter S. Lowery, Jr., filed a suit in the U. S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, against The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America, et al., in which he sought to be reinstated as a Member of Local 693 of the International Brotherhood; and damages for wrongful suspension or expulsion. The U. S. District Court dismissed the cause of action for want of jurisdiction.

Later, within one year, appellant Lowery filed an attachment suit in the Chancery Court of Jackson County against the appellee, International…