Lavalle v. Societe Saint Jean Baptiste
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Exceptions to the Court of Common Pleas. This action was trespass on the case brought in the Court of Common Pleas to recover damages for the illegal expulsion of the plaintiff by and from the defendant society.
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Exceptions to the Court of Common Pleas. This action was trespass on the case brought in the Court of Common Pleas to recover damages for the illegal expulsion of the plaintiff by and from the defendant society. The declaration is as follows: — “ Paul Lavalle, of Woonsocket, in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, complains of the Société Saint Jean Baptiste de Woonsocket, R. I., a corporation duly created and existing by and under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, summoned by the sheriff in an action of trespass on the case, for that the said defendant was originally…
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The plaintiff seeks in this action to recover damages for an illegal expulsion from membership in the defendant corporation. The declaration sets out that the corporation is a benevolent organization, of the kind now generally known as a mutual benefit society, having a relief fund for the benefit of its sick members; that the plaintiff was a member in good standing, and had performed all his duties and obligations as such member; yet the defendant, at a regular meeting, in the absence of the plaintiff, without lawful cause, without notice of any charges against him, without any trial or…
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- People ex rel. Dilcher v. German United Evangelical Saint Stephen's Church of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Ludowiski v. Polish Roman Catholic St. Stanislaus Kostka Benevolent SocietyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
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