DAVIS v. BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY CARMEN OF AMERICA

No. 12716.

272 S.W.2d 147 (1954)

James DAVIS et al., Appellants v. BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY CARMEN OF AMERICA, LOCAL 783 et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dent, Ford, King & Wickliff, and Roberson L. King, Houston, for appellants.

Bannon & Bannon, and A. J. Bannon, Houston, for appellees.


Rehearing Denied December 2, 1954. See 272 S.W.2d 938.

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

The following statement of the nature of this case is taken from appellants' brief: "Suit by James Davis, M. Sykes and Virgil Clay, Negro employees, carman class or craft, of the Southern Pacific Lines (T. & N. O. R. R. Co.) in Texas and Louisiana in Houston, Texas, in their own behalf and as representing a number of other Negro employees...

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