Legal Opinion
Grand Lodge of Improved, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the World v. Grand Lodge, Improved, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the World, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1931No. 3105PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This suit was instituted in the court below by the Grand Lodge of Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, a New Jersey corporation, against the Grand Lodge, Improved, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, a corporation of Virginia, and James T. Carter, Leon A. Reid, Joseph R. Pollard, and John B. Neblett, citizens of that state. The purpose of the suit was to enjoin defendants from using the corporate name of complainant. Defendants denied that the New Jersey corporation was the real party in interest, and averred that the Grand…
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