Green v. Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Supreme Council of the Boyal Arcanum and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 23d day of July, 1910, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings Comity Special Term. -
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
This action involves the validity of an amendment to defendant’s by-laws made in 1905. . In the case of Mock v. Supreme Council (121 App. Div. 474) the validity of this amendment was considered by this court and sustained. We are controlled by such decision unless, as is claimed by plaintiff, subsequent decisions of the Court, of Appeals in similar cases are in conflict therewith.
The cases so relied upon are Wright v. Knights of Maccabees (196 N. Y. 391) and Dowdall v. Catholic Mutual Benefit Assn. (Id. 405). The Dowdall case may be dismissed without further consideration as wholly '…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reynolds v. Supreme Council of the Royal ArcanumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Sabin v. . PhinneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Beach v. Supreme Tent of Knights of MacCabeesNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Consider Parish v. New York Produce ExchangeNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Ayers v. Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United WorkmenNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Smythe v. Supreme Lodge, K. P.District Court, N.D. New York · 1912
- Green v. Supreme Council of Royal ArcanumNew York Supreme Court · 1915
- Green v. Supreme Council of Royal ArcanumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913