State ex rel. Breaux v. Longshoremen's Protective Union Benevolent Ass'n Local No. 231

Relators, alleging themselves to be members of the Longshoremen’s Protective Union Benevolent Association, Local No. 231, I. L. A., ask for alternative writs of mandamus against the said organization- and the officers thereof, to compel the issuance to relators of membership cards or certificates upon payment of dues.

Defendants contend that under the constitution of the organization relators ceased to be members thereof when they allowed the time limit fixed in the constitution for the payment of dues to pass without such payments and that, in order to again become members, they must present…