People ex rel. Beharka v. National Slavonic Society of the United States
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, made at Special Term and entered on the Uth day of July, 1912, granting relator an alternative writ of mandamus.
1Per curiam
This case differs, from the case of People ex rel. Ruman v. Nat. Slavonic Society (144 App. Div. 574), in that it appears in this case that the parent society, a' membership corporation organized finder the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, has been authorized to do business in this State. But it is none the less a foreign corporation. The relator is a non-resident, and the subordinate lodge from which he was expelled is not a resident lodge of the State of New York. Under such circumstances the courts of this State should decline jurisdiction even if they have it The order should be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Ruman v. National Slavonic SocietyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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