Legal Opinion

Twiggs v. Journeyman Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmetologists & Proprietors International Union, Local 496

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 17, 1952No. 19893Published

1Opinion of the Court

McBRIDE, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellees, three in number, move to dismiss this appeal on the ground that the amount involved is in excess of the $2,000 maximum jurisdictional amount of this court. Each of the plaintiffs owns and operates a barber shop; the defendant labor union assigned pickets to each plaintiff’s establishment, hence this suit for injunctive relief. In a supplemental petition, it is alleged that the business of each plaintiff, including the good will, is worth more than $3,000, and that unless the injunction issues against the acts of the defendants, plaintiffs will eventually…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co. v. GallagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Wagner v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  3. Frierson v. CooperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  4. Wunderlich v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  5. S. S. Kresge Co. v. AmslerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938

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