DUMAS v. MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY

No. 5-1625.

316 S.W.2d 836 (1958)

Ralph DUMAS et al. Appellants, v. MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Gentry and William M. Dabbs, Jr., Little Rock, for appellants.

Davis & Ragsdale, El Dorado, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In 1954 the appellee's predecessor, Lion Oil Company, entered into a labor contract with Local No. 224, International Association of Machinists. That contract provides for the accrual of certain seniority rights on the part of the company's employees. On August 8, 1955, the company shut down some of its maintenance equipment and temporarily laid off thirty-one of its employees. Nine days later the company decided to make a permanent reduction...

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