Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Poston
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Lawrence Circuit Court; Oren O. Swails, Judge. Action by Charles M. Poston' against the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtIbach, J.
This is a suit by appellee to recover certain' dues paid to appellant’s relief department. The theory of the complaint is that the contract under which such dues were paid is in violation of the act of 1907. Acts 1907 p. 46, §5308 Burns 1914.
Appellant, to sustain the errors assigned, contends that the by-laws of its relief department contains no provisions obnoxious to the act of 1907, supra; that appellee voluntarily became a member of its relief department and paid his dues and at different times accepted benefits from such department; that the contract set out in the complaint in nowise…
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- Wells v. Vandalia RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913
- Hoosier Construction Co. v. SeibertIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
- Acton v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
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