Legal Opinion

Grievance Committee of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Lodge No. 196 v. Brown

District Court, D. Washington

Decided May 17, 1894PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Petition by the Grievance Committee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Lodge No. 196, Beattie, Wash., and James E. Corcoran, against Thomas R. Brown and John H. Bryant, receivers of the Beattie, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Company, for an order requiring the receivers to conform to the terms of a certain contract.

1Opinion of the Court

HANFORD, District Judge.

The amended petition in this case contains an accusation against; Thomas R. Brown, as receiver of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway, of having wrongfully, without cause or justification, discharged persons theretofore holding positions as conductors on the railway, including the petitioner James E. Corcoran, and sets forth an alleged contract entered into prior to the appointment of said receiver by and between the Northern Pacific Railroad Company (which was then in practical control of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway) and its employes, including the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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