Smith v. International Ladies Garment Workers Union

It was the intention of the legislature by acts codified (Code, §§ 22-409, 22-410, 22-411, 22-412 and 22-414) to provide under what circumstances any association of individuals could sue or be sued as an association; namely, that it must be incorporated or shall have entered the names of its trustees or officers, together with the name, style, and object of the association or society, on the records of the clerk of the superior court. The object of the record of the officers was to provide for the designation of representatives upon whom authorized service might be had, or who could institute…