Creswill v. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. December 5, 1908. Fish, C. J., and -Evans and Atkinson, JJ., being disqualified, Judges R. W. Freeman of the Coweta circuit, EL G. Lewis of the Ocmulgee circuit, and Price Edwards of the Tallapoosa circuit were designated to sit in their stead. After argument, it appearing that Judge Lewis also was disqualified, counsel agreed that the case be decided by the members of the court which heard it.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. December 5, 1908. Fish, C. J., and -Evans and Atkinson, JJ., being disqualified, Judges R. W. Freeman of the Coweta circuit, EL G. Lewis of the Ocmulgee circuit, and Price Edwards of the Tallapoosa circuit were designated to sit in their stead. After argument, it appearing that Judge Lewis also was disqualified, counsel agreed that the case be decided by the members of the court which heard it. The judgment is concurred in by all the members of the court as thus constituted.
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.
Charles D. Creswill and others made application to the superior court of Fulton county to be incorporated and made a body politic for the full period of twenty years, with the usual privilege of renewal at the expiration of said term, under the corporate name and style of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, jurisdiction of Georgia. The petition set forth that the object of petitioners was not pecuniary gain, but was the social and benevolent benefit of its members and their dependent relatives. They asked to be allowed to…
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