United Bros. of Friendship v. Haymon
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second District. The officers of the subordinate lodge had no authority to waive the positive requirement of the by-laws that all back dues be paid before re-instatement. Nib. Ben. Soc. 197; 81 la. 401; 10 N. Y. Supp. 503; 86 111. 479. It was error to instruct the jury that the member must have had notice of assessments due.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second District. The officers of the subordinate lodge had no authority to waive the positive requirement of the by-laws that all back dues be paid before re-instatement. Nib. Ben. Soc. 197; 81 la. 401; 10 N. Y. Supp. 503; 86 111. 479. It was error to instruct the jury that the member must have had notice of assessments due. Since the by-laws did not provide for such notice, the custom of the society to give it did not render it necessary. 58 Md. 463; 104 U. S. 252. No statement of the secretary or local custom of branch lodge could excuse the…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The National Grand Lodge of the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten of the United States of America, Dominion of Canada, Districts, Territories, and Foreign Countries, organized in this state a grand lodge, known as the “Grand Lodge of the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten of the State of Arkansas.” The grand lodge of the state established, as a branch of it, a mutual aid association, which carried on a benefit and life insurance business among .its members, and also established over the state local lodges, called “lodges” and…
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