SAMS v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY & STEAMSHIP CLERKS

Civ. A. No. 5075.

166 F.Supp. 49 (1956)

Lawrence SAMS, Plaintiff, v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY & STEAMSHIP CLERKS, SUMTER LODGE NO. 6193, R. S. Hughes, General Chairman, B. of R. C., S. E. Futrell, Vice-Chairman, B. of R. C., R. W. McIntosh, Secretary and Treasurer of B. of R. C., and Railway Express Agency, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. South Carolina, Florence Division.

January 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Kenneth Summerford, John D. Whisenhunt, Florence S. C., for plaintiff.

Willcox, Hardee, Houck & Palmer, A. L. Hardee, Florence, S. C., Alston, Sibley, Miller, Spann and Shackelford, James E. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel, for defendant Railway Express Agency, Inc.

Mulholland, Robie & Hickey, Washington, D. C., Edward J. Hickey, Jr. and James L. Highsaw, Jr., Washington, D. C., and John W. Crews, Columbia, S. C., of counsel, for defendants Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Sumter Lodge No. 6193, R. S. Hughes, General Chairman, B. of R. C., S. E. Futrell, Vice-Chairman, B. of R. C., R. W. McIntosh, Secretary and Treasurer of B. of R. C.


WILLIAMS, District Judge.

This action was commenced upon a complaint filed on July 16, 1955, and summons issued on said date, and is for the recovery of $50,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as the result of alleged wrongful termination of plaintiff's employment by Railway Express Agency, Inc., hereinafter referred to as Express Agency, without just cause at the instance of defendant, Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight...

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