Supreme Lodge of Fraternal Union v. Ray
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Fannin County; Ben H. Denton, Judge. Suit by the Supreme Lodge of the Fraternal Union of America against David R. Ray and others. From a decree dismissing the petition on demurrer, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Fannin County; Ben H. Denton, Judge. Suit by the Supreme Lodge of the Fraternal Union of America against David R. Ray and others. From a decree dismissing the petition on demurrer, complainant appeals. The Fraternal Union of America, incorporated under the laws of Colorado, is a fraternal benefit association, organized and carried on solely for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and has a lodge system and a representative form of government, and makes provision by assessments on its members for the payment of disability and death benefits.…
1Opinion of the Court
LEVY; J.
(after stating the facts as above). According to the allegations of the complaint, 39 persons are prosecuting separate actions in the justice court against appellant, all upon claims of a common origin, and predicated upon the single act of the association in putting into force and effect, on April 1, 1913, an increased rate of assessment, and depending upon the determination of the single question of the authority of the association to make the increased rate. If such suits are prosecuted further in the justice court, the peculiar situation is presented, differing from the ordinary…
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