Woodmen of the World v. McCue

Parties are referred to as in the lower court.

This suit was instituted May 15, 1929, in the Denver district court by eight members of the Woodmen of the World,, a fraternal benefit society, incorporated under the laws of Colorado, against that association and seven of its head officers to enjoin them from enforcing certain of its laws which operated to readjust and increase its rates and method of insurance. An injunctive decree was entered against the defendants to review which this writ is prosecuted.

The complaint as summarized in the brief of plaintiffs in error charges: “That such…