Screwmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. Benson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before Hon. fm. H. Stewart.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
Appellee brought this suit against-
appellant, alleging that it is a corporation organized under the laws of the State for charitable purposes, and that he was a member of the body and had been unlawfully expelled. He prayed that he have a writ of mandamus restoring him to membership, and for a judgment for damages-alleged to have resulted from his exclusion. The petition avers that by the laws of the corporation the power of trying and expelling members-is lodged with a committee of five corporators known as the board of trustees, and that he was expelled by the…
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