Talbot v. Independent Order of Owls
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the'District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa; Smith McPherson, Judge. Suit by John W. Talbot and others against the Independent Order of Owls, a corporation, and others. From decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
In November, 1904, John W. Talbot, George D. Beroth, and five other persons signed a constitution by which they and those who subsequently became members agreed with each other to be bound, and organized a voluntary secret ritualistic degree association under the name the “Order of Owls.” The constitution provided that the object of the order should be the advancement of its members socially, morally, intellectually, and otherwise, that the governing body of the association should be the “Home Nest,” which should consist of the organizers thereof and of their…
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