In re the Annual Election of the Empire State Supreme Lodge of the Degree of Honor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Empire State Supreme Lodge of the Degree of Honor, a corporation, and H. W. Seymour and others, from- an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Chautauqua on the 28tli day of February, 1907, in a proceeding instituted under section 27 of the General Corporation Law (Laws of 1892, chap. 687), declaring the election of the individual appellants as directors of the appellant corporation to…
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Appeal by the Empire State Supreme Lodge of the Degree of Honor, a corporation, and H. W. Seymour and others, from- an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Chautauqua on the 28tli day of February, 1907, in a proceeding instituted under section 27 of the General Corporation Law (Laws of 1892, chap. 687), declaring the election of the individual appellants as directors of the appellant corporation to be void and restoring the management . of the affairs of said corporation to William E. Belden and others, as members of…
1Opinion of the Court
Wheeler, J.:
The corporation was originally incorporated in the year 1886 pursuant to chapter 175 of the Laws of 1883, authorizing the incorporation of co-operative assessment associations. In January, 1906, it was reincorporated under the provisions of section-206 of article 6 of chapter 690 of the Laws of 1892, as amended, being the general Insurance Law. It had a constitution and by-laws governing its corporate action, which provided for its management by an executive committee, consisting of the president, vice-president, secretary and two members of the association elected at the annual…
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