SIPES v. VACA

No. 51554.

397 S.W.2d 658 (1965)

Niles SIPES, Administrator of Estate of Benjamin Owens, Jr., Deceased, Appellant, v. Manuel VACA et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan R. Browne, Ennis, Browne & Martin, Kansas City, for appellant.

Henry A. Panethiere, Russell D. Jacobson, Kansas City, for respondents-defendants.


HOLMAN, Judge.

This action was instituted by Benjamin Owens, Jr., a discharged employee of Swift & Company and a member of the union, as a class action against the membership of the national and local union of the National Brotherhood of Packing House Workers. Certain officers of said unions were individually named as defendants representative of the class. Owens sought to recover actual and punitive damages resulting from his alleged wrongful discharge and the...

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