Gore v. National Ass'n of Certified Public Accountants

Mr. Justice Fitch delivered

the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court dissolving an injunction and dismissing appellant’s bill for want of equity.

The defendant association is a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia providing for the incorporation of societies for benevolent, educational or scientific purposes, or societies for mutual improvement. It has no capital stock, is not incorporated for profit, and is supported wholly by membership fees and annual dues paid by its members. Its purposes, as stated in its articles of…