Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Price

CODY, Justice.

This suit involves the power of a labor union to decide conflicting claims of its members to seniority rights on the only ■freight train that is operated over the tracks of the G. H. & H. Ry. Co., and which is operated by the I. & G. N. and M. K. & T. Railway Companies, in alternating years, under an arrangement between the three companies.

The facts necessary to an understanding of the ’case are unusual, if not unique. In 1895, the I. & G. N. and M. K. & T. Railway Companies acquired ownership of the entire stock of the G. H. & H., which line extends only from Galveston to…