Pierce v. Grand Army of the Republic

Matson, -Justice.

Appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion to set aside service of summons and complaint.

Defendant, an organization of Union Civil War veterans, dating from shortly after the Civil War, was in 1924 by a special act of congress “created a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia.” The act designated its principal office to be the city of Washington and vested the corporation’s controlling authority in the National Encampment, consisting of representatives from the several departments then or thereafter organized. Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that, contrary…