People ex rel. Solomon v. Brotherhood of Painters
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the relator, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of November, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury. The judgment directed the reinstatement of the relator to membership in the respondent organizations, and provided for the payment to him of $875 damages.
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Appeal by the defendants, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the relator, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of November, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury. The judgment directed the reinstatement of the relator to membership in the respondent organizations, and provided for the payment to him of $875 damages. Defendants further appeal from the peremptory writ of mandamus issued herein on the 20th day of November, 1914, pursuant to said- judgment, and from the…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The relator seeks restitution to membership in a trade organization known as the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America. This is a foreign corporation operating extensively throughout the United States, acting in each State through local unions which, in this State, are unincorporated organizations. That the relator was improperly expelled from the brotherhood and that he has unsuccessfully pursued all the means of redress afforded him within the organization is not to be questioned and the verdict to that effect was amply warranted.-
The appellants, however,…
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- People Ex Rel. Deverell v. Musical Mutual Protective UnionNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In re WilcoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- People ex rel. Geraci v. Italian Ass'n St. Bartholomew Eoliana of Mutual AidAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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