Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias v. People ex rel. Waldeck Lodge No. 136 Knights of Pythias
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition for Mandamus.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brent ano, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
This proceeding arose out of an attempt by appellant to compel the use of the English language in the ritual and work of the Knights of Pythias.
This appeal is from an order of the Superior Court awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus against appellant.
The relator, a lodge of the Knights of Pythias, incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, sought to compel the G-rand Lodge of said order, another body also incorporated under the laws of Illinois, to recognize the relator as in good standing in said order, to affiliate with and give to it the secret passwords in use in said order,…
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