Legal Opinion

Minor v. St. John's Union Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Ancient York Masons

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 30, 1910PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Orange County. Tried below before Hon. W. B. Powell.

1Opinion of the Court

REESE, Associate Justice.

This is an ordinary action of trespass to try title instituted by the above named Grand Lodge (whose full title we can not undertake to repeat in this opinion, but will simply use the term “Grand Lodge” in referring thereto) and Joe Harris, Clem Green and Ben Wilkes, who sue as trustees of Prince Edwin Masonic Lodge, against the Gate City Masonic Lodge and its trustees, Jones Robinson, Will Banks and D. D. Wells, to recover the title and possession of certain real estate in the city of Orange, Texas. The contest is over the ownership and right of possession of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brown v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. District Grand Lodge No. 25 Grand United Order of Odd Fellows v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Old Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. Jerusalem Lodge No. 67Court of Appeals of Texas · 1945
  3. Winnetka Trust & Savings Bank v. Practical Refrigerating Engineers Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944
  4. Brazelton v. SlattenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Progressive Union of Texas v. Independent Union of Colored Laborers of Texas, Lodge No. 1Court of Appeals of Texas · 1954

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