National Council Junior Order United American Mechanics v. Landrum

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Affirming.

The appellant, the National Council Junior Order United American Mechanics, is a fraternal secret organization founded on the lodge plan and incorporated under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania. It is controlled by a national council as a supreme head..and by state councils instituted in the several states, with power to organize and institute local councils. The state council of Kentucky was instituted on March 28, 1894, and it instituted the Knoxville Council No. 137 at Knoxville, Kentucky, on May 15, 1906.

Appellant maintains a…