White v. Bellefontaine Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. James A. Seddon, Judge. The principle is well established that if an individual makes a contract with an association having a corporate name, in a suit by the association against him, he will not be allowed to deny that they are incorporated. This is true of religious and benevolent associations, as well as business corporations.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. James A. Seddon, Judge. The principle is well established that if an individual makes a contract with an association having a corporate name, in a suit by the association against him, he will not be allowed to deny that they are incorporated. This is true of religious and benevolent associations, as well as business corporations. Qhurch v. Pickett, 19 N. Y. 485 ; Society v. Perry, 6 N. H. 164; Medical Institute v. Harding, 11 Cush. 285. If a benevolent association adopts articles of association, uses a name implying a corporate existence, makes…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This action is brought by the widow of a deceased member of the defendant lodge of the Independent. Order of Odd Fellows to recover the sum of forty dollars, known in the constitution of subordinate lodges and in the by-laws of defendant lodge as a “funeral benefit,” and the further sum of two dollars per week for a period of forty-two weeks elapsing since the death of her husband, as a “widow’s benefit” under such constitution and by-laws.
I. The petition alleges that the defendant is a benevolent corporation of the state of Missouri. The defendant appeared by the name by which it…
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