Gaines v. Farmer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Harrison County. Tried below before Hon. W. C. Buford.
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Associate Justice.
On June 18, 1907, Walter M. Farmer, one of the appellees, filed in the District Court of Harrison County a petition alleging in substance as follows: That he and W. F. Bledsoe, mentioned therein as the defendant, were members of an organization known as the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten; that this organization was benevolent and fraternal in character, and had been in existence since 1861. Its object was to advance benevolence and Christianity, to relieve the sufferings of the distressed, to care for the widow and orphan, to visit…
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