Wise v. Southern Pacific Co.

Opinion

BURKE, J.

In this action for wrongful discharge from employment plaintiff recovered judgment, and defendant railroad company appeals. As will appear, we have concluded that defendant failed to establish its asserted ground for discharging plaintiff, that no other error has been shown, and that the judgment should be affirmed.

*603Plaintiff entered defendant’s employ in 1936. In February 1960, following a hearing required under the collective bargaining agreement between defendant and the union to which plaintiff belongs, plaintiff was discharged for violation of rule 803 of defendant’s…