Adelphia Lodge No. 1 v. Adelphia Lodge No. 1

This suit for a declaratory judgment involves a controversy between two groups. Each of them claims Cl) that it *459is entitled to use the name Adelphia Lodge No. 1, and (2) that it is the owner of a building and other property in Mayagiiez which belong to that Masonic Lodge. After a trial on the merits, the district court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff group and the defendant appealed.

A statement of the essential facts which are not in dispute is necessary for an understanding of the errors which the appellant assigns. The Grand Sovereign Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Puerto…