Teubert v. Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Asso.

It appears without dispute that the Association is an unincorporated voluntary association and at common law cannot be sued as an entity but suit can only be brought against the individual members. Crawley v. American Society of Equity (1913), 153 Wis. 13, 139 N. W. 734. The issue is whether secs. 185.991 to 185.996, Stats., certain affidavits, and Association literature create a legal situation whereby the common-law rule does not apply and the Association as an entity is amenable to the process of the court.

We concur in the trial court’s conclusion that the Association is such an entity and…