Legal Opinion
Society of St. Stephen the Martyr v. Sikorski
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 20, 1908No. Gen. No. 13,774PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Assumpsit. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edward A. Dicker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brows
The plaintiff in error in this case is a corporation, the full name of which in Polish means, it would seem, The Roman Catholic Society of Brotherly Assistance of St. Stephen the Martyr.
It was organized September 6, 1892, under that part of the General Incorporation Act relating to corporate associations not for pecuniary profit. The object for which it was formed was stated in its articles of association and certificate of incorporation to be “for religious and social purposes.”
The translation of the constitution, which was put in evidence, is in indifferent English, but its meaning is…
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