PIERCE v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

No. 37914.

331 P.2d 481 (1958)

John L. PIERCE, Plaintiff in Error, v. The OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, a Corporation, et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Barker, Tulsa, for plaintiff in error.

Byron V. Boone, Rucker, Tabor & Cox, by Joseph A. Sharp, Tulsa, for defendants in error Westinghouse Electric Corp., Otis Elevator Co. and Bill Cox.

Houston, Klein & Davidson, by Edward L. Jacoby, Tulsa, for defendants in error Tulsa Elevator Co., Ben G. Sweet, Sr., and Ben G. Sweet, Jr.

Dyer, Powers & Gotcher, by William K. Powers, Tulsa, for defendant in error Local No. 83, International Union of Elevator Constructors.


WELCH, Chief Justice.

John L. Pierce filed this action in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, against The Otis Elevator Company, a corporation, and others. All of the defendants filed motions to quash and plea to the jurisdiction, said motions being based upon the theory that exclusive jurisdiction of plaintiff's cause of action was by federal statute vested in the National Labor Relations Board. The District Court...

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