Legal Opinion

Walker v. Giddings

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1894PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Mandamus: Relator applied for mandamus to compel respondent to receive and file the reports of a fraternal beneficiary association, and to issue the statutory certificate authorizing it to do business. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.

Relator, on behalf of the American Monitor, a fraternal beneficiary organization, filed his petition for mandamus to compel the respondent to receive and file the *345reports of said association according to the provisions of Act No. 119, Laws of 1893, and to issue his certificate of authority to said association to carry on and transact the business specified in the several sections of its articles of association, constitution, and by-laws.

The petition sets forth substantially that said association was incorporated on August 9, 1893, and is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Levy & Co. v. Van HagenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Modern Order of Praetorians v. BloomSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  2. Bateman v. CaseMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Kirk v. Fraternal Aid Ass'nSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  4. Calkins v. BumpMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  5. State Ex Rel. Sanborn v. KalbSupreme Court of Kansas · 1975

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