Bartley v. Augusta Country Club, Inc.

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

The plaintiff-appellant appeals from the trial court’s award of summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee incorporated, private, nonprofit social club, in the appellant former member’s action to enjoin the club from prohibiting him from being a member of the club after the club had expelled him from membership pursuant to its bylaws for conduct “endangering the good order, welfare or character of the club.”

The showing on the motion for summary judgment was that the conduct in question consisted of assisting his wife to sue the club, thereby putting its…