McCoy v. St. Joseph Belt Railway Co.

Plaintiff, formerly employed as a switchman in the yards of defendant at St. Joseph, Missouri, brought this suit on April 14, 1933, to recover damages for an alleged violation of a writ ten contract executed on March 10, 1928, in regard to his ‘ ‘ seniority rights” in such employment, which governed his right to continue in such employment, and to be recalled thereto according to such seniority whenever and after he has been temporarily ‘‘laid off” on account of a slackening or less amount of business to be done in said yards.

After a trial, the jury returned a verdict of $3000 in plaintiff’s…