Harrison v. Pullman Co., 9733.
Decision Date | 20 February 1934 |
Docket Number | No. 9733.,9733. |
Citation | 68 F.2d 826 |
Parties | HARRISON v. PULLMAN CO. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit |
William L. Mason, of St. Louis, Mo. (R. N. Rooks and Mason & Flynn, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.
Sears Lehmann, of St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.
Before STONE, SANBORN, and VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judges.
Appellant, a former Pullman porter, and a citizen and resident of the state of Missouri, brought suit against appellee, a citizen and resident of the state of Illinois, in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, Mo., to recover damages for breach of contract in his alleged wrongful discharge from the service of appellee. At the conclusion of plaintiff's case, the court upon motion directed a verdict for defendant.
It is alleged that on or about February 15, 1926, appellee promulgated and delivered to appellant, and to its other employees of the same class, a printed agreement designated "Agreement between the Pullman Company and its Porters and Maids." The part of that agreement relied upon by appellant, and having application to the situation here presented, is rule 9, which, so far as pertinent, reads as follows:
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