HOWE v. PACIFIC ELEC. RY. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 28063.

64 Cal.2d 464 (1966)

413 P.2d 442

50 Cal. Rptr. 666

FRANK B. HOWE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Sperry and John L. Kaesman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

H.A. Waterman, E.D. Yeomans and William R. Denton for Defendant and Respondent.


BURKE, J.

Plaintiffs are more than 300 retired former employees of defendant railway company. They appeal from the judgment of the trial court dismissing "for want of jurisdiction" their action for declaratory relief and to recover pension benefits to which they claim to be entitled under the private pension plan maintained by defendant prior to enactment of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, hereinafter sometimes called "the Retirement Act." (45 U.S.C.A. §...

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