M. W. United Grand Lodge v. Murphy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court o-f Baltimore City (Stah-TOÍT, J.). Bill by suspended members of a Masonic fraternity to compel their reinstatment. From a decree overruling a demurrer to' the bill, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, C. J.
This bill of complaint was filed by John H. Murphy, Jr., David T. H'arrod, Osear J Mason, and Emanuel T. Smith, against The Most Worshipful United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland, Inc., Joseph P.' Evans, individually and as grand master of said body corporate, and George T. Duppin, individually and as grand secretary of said body corporate.
It alleges that the plaintiffs, prior to the 17th of October, 1919, were members in good standing of a fraternal order called the “Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine of North and South America and itsi Jurisdictions,” a…
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