White Mountain Freezer Co. v. Murphy
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bills in Equity, for injunctions. The bills allege that the plaintiffs are manufacturers of machinery at Nashua, employing a large number of persons, many of whom are moulders; that the defendants are officers and members of a voluntary unincorporated association known as International Moulders Union of North America, Local, No. 257; that on or about October 11,1916, the defendants demanded that the plaintiffs compel all their moulders not members of said Local, No. 257, to…
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Bills in Equity, for injunctions. The bills allege that the plaintiffs are manufacturers of machinery at Nashua, employing a large number of persons, many of whom are moulders; that the defendants are officers and members of a voluntary unincorporated association known as International Moulders Union of North America, Local, No. 257; that on or about October 11,1916, the defendants demanded that the plaintiffs compel all their moulders not members of said Local, No. 257, to join the same and that thereafter only members of such union should be employed by the plaintiffs, who should thereafter…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The defendant, Murphy, called as a witness by the plaintiffs, testified that he represented the other defendants after the strike and was inquired of as to statements made by him as to the object of the strike both during a conference between the parties before the labor commissioner and at other times. To the ruling requiring the witness to answer, the defendants excepted. Murphy, though a party, was a competent witness and could be required to testify. Whitcher v. Davis, 70 N. H. 237. He could not of course be required to give testimony tending to incriminate himself, to detail an offer of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pickett v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- J. F. Parkinson Co. v. Building Trades CouncilCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
- Plant v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Welcome v. BatchelderSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1843
3Cited by15 opinions
- Messner v. Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers & Cosmetologists, International Union of America, Local 256California Supreme Court · 1960
- Christiansen v. Local 680, Milk Drivers, C.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1940
- Stocker v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1928
- Lehigh Structural Steel Co. v. Atlantic Smelting & Refining WorksNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1920
- Lavallee v. BrittSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
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