Legal Opinion
Lamm v. Stoen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 14, 1939No. 44504PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOliver, J.
Norske Selskab (the Norwegian Society) was a sixty-year-old unincorporated literary and social club at Decorah, Iowa, consisting of more than 100 members of Scandinavian blood. The society had a constitution and bylaws, elected officers, held regular meetings, kept records, charged $3 annual dues, and appears to have been a solvent and well conducted institution.
In 1925, it leased clubrooms from one Higgins by written lease executed in the name of the society by its president. The lease was for a term of 5 years, at an annual rental of $200, with privilege of 5-year extension. It contained a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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