case involving the alleged wrongful dismissal of Sikh men was heard in the U. S. Commissioner's Court on Aug. 23 before Mr. A. Krisel, when a Sikh watchman, Wazir Singh sued the Robert Dollar Ca. for amounts totalling.
$802 with interest and costs, Mr.
S. A. Moss acted on behalf of the: Plaintiff and Major C. P. Holcomb appeared for defendants.
Plaintiff in his complaint alleged that on or about March or Api of this year he entered the serv' of the defendant: as watchman at their wharves and godowns in Pootung, and on shive for which defendants acted as He was to receive $38 a Pla claimed further that he was wrongfully dismissed without cause or legal notice en Joly 17, 1928, since which time he he had been sinable to get other employment. On his
wages for July and $28 in lieu of tone month's notice. He had; moreover, bought up the claims for wages of various other Sikh watehmen employed at the same wharf and also dismissed on the same date ax himself, which brought the total amount ap to the sam $802, These claims were respectively those of Banta Singh, Bhan Singh, Pertrap Singh and Kunda Singh (0 whom the defendants were alleged to have been indebted for July salaries to the extent of $132 and another $132 for pay in Tiew of notice; Sowan Singh, Hardit Sing' and Chet Singh for the same amount of $264 for the same periods; and Chang_Singh, Parma Singh, and Shian Singh for the sums $29 and $99 for salaries and pay in lieu of notice. Before commencement of the action the claims of the other Sikhs had been assigned to Wazir ind Singh,
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