Supreme Council of Catholic Benevolent Legion v. Boyle

The appellant, the Supreme Council Catholic Benevolent Legion, is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York. The particular business and objects of the corporation is to unite fraternally all male Roman Catholics, personally acceptable, of sound bodily health, between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five years, for social, benevolent, and intellectual improvement, and to afford moral and material aid to its members and their dependents by establishing a benefit fund for the relief of sick and distressed members, to be paid to such members as shall become permanently…