COOK v. JOHN H. MATHIS CO.


1 N.J. Super. 335 (1948)

61 A.2d 585

HARRY P. COOK, PLAINTIFF, v. JOHN H. MATHIS CO. AND THE INDUSTRIAL UNION OF MARINE AND SHIPBUILDING WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL NO. 56, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided October 15, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carlton W. Rowand, for plaintiff.

Mr. Starr, Summerill & Lloyd, for defendant John H. Mathis Co.

Mr. Albert P. Morwitz, for defendant Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local No. 56.


BERRY, J.S.C.

This controversy concerns the plaintiff's right to work at his chosen trade, which is a property right (Lo Bianco v. Cushing, 117 N.J. Eq. 593, affirmed 119 N.J. Eq. 377), and the protection of that property right from unlawful interference by the defendants.

The original bill in this cause was filed on April 6, 1944; the first amended bill on April 18, 1944; and a second amended bill on May 24, 1944. The cause came...

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