George v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The defendant's motion for a reargument was granted. It was submitted on briefs.

5. Article 23(a) of the rules, conceded, for the purpose of this appeal only, to be a valid contract between the railroad and its firemen and enginemen, provides that a fireman shall not be dismissed from service without just cause or before being given a hearing. In paragraph two of the former opinion we referred to the call of the plaintiff to immediate service when he was on the board but not in actual service, as he was returning from 12 hours' work as a plumber; and his claim that without rest he was unfit…