National Circle v. Hines
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to restrain the defendants as treasurer and financial secretary of Loyal Circle No. 7, a subordinate branch or division of the plaintiff organization, from paying out or issuing in any way moneys alleged to belong to said Circle No. 7, and also for an accounting of all moneys in their hands as such officers, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County upon demurrer to the complaint; the court, Holcomb, J., overruled the demurrer, and, upon the refusal…
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Suit to restrain the defendants as treasurer and financial secretary of Loyal Circle No. 7, a subordinate branch or division of the plaintiff organization, from paying out or issuing in any way moneys alleged to belong to said Circle No. 7, and also for an accounting of all moneys in their hands as such officers, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County upon demurrer to the complaint; the court, Holcomb, J., overruled the demurrer, and, upon the refusal of the defendants to plead further, judgment was afterward rendered (Reed, J.) for the plaintiff, from which the…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiff was incorporated by special charter of- the General Assembly (15 Special Laws, 1907, p. 402), among other purposes, to render pecuniary aid to its sick and distressed members and their beneficiaries and to defray the funeral expenses of its members. It had power to establish local circles and grant them charters, and to govern and manage them by laws of its making and to enforce the same. It established, under this authority, Loyal Circle No. 7, which has affiliated with the plaintiff and been subject to its charter, constitution and by-laws from its organization to October…
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- Fawcett v. Supreme SittingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
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