Allen v. Southern Pacific Co.

This is a suit for a declaratory decree. The plaintiffs are trainmen employed on the Portland division of the Southern Pacific Company and are members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The defendants, except the Southern Pacific Company, which occupies a neutral position between these litigants, are' members of the Brotherhood and, with the exception of certain officers thereof, are employed as trainmen on the Shasta division of said company. These two divisions are under different railroad superintendents' and each constitutes a separate seniority district.

The plaintiffs allege in…