ALLEN v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 237.

107 S.E.2d 125 (1959)

249 N.C. 491

Anna Mae ALLEN et al., Plaintiffs, and Bickett Bass et al., Additional Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blakeney & Alexander, Charlotte, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Schoene & Kramer, Washington, D. C., and J. B. Craighill, Charlotte, for defendant Unions, appellants.


BOBBITT, Justice.

Decision depends upon whether the evidence, considered in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, was sufficient to withstand the motion by defendant Unions for judgment of involuntary nonsuit.

Upon adoption of the Railway Labor Act, 20 May, 1926, 44 Stat. 577, Congress "made a fresh start toward the peaceful settlement of labor disputes affecting railroads." Virginia Ry. Co. v. System Federation No. 40, 300 U.S. 515

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