Ades v. Supreme Lodge Order of Ahepa

SADLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree in suit for specific performance of a purported contract to purchase real estate. Relief was denied and one of the original plaintiffs, Gus Bruskas, appearing before us as appellant, seeks reversal of the decree dismissing his complaint.

The defendant, Supreme Lodge Order of Ahepa, is a charitable organization, the membership in which, in the main, is made up of persons of Greek extraction. It constitutes the governing body of the national organization composed of subordinate lodges throughout the country. The defendant, Ahepa Silver…