Acri v. Bruscia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, May T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., in equity, No. 598, Equity Docket, dismissing plaintiffs’ bill in the case of Marino Acri et al., members of Lodge San Michele Di Serrastretta, No. 329, of Steelton, Pennsylvania, v. Giuseppe Bruscia et al., the Lodge of San Michele Di Serrastretta, No. 329, Steelton, Pennsylvania, and Giuseppe Di Silvestro et al., members of the General Executive Council Order of Sons of Italy.
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Appeal, No. 5, May T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., in equity, No. 598, Equity Docket, dismissing plaintiffs’ bill in the case of Marino Acri et al., members of Lodge San Michele Di Serrastretta, No. 329, of Steelton, Pennsylvania, v. Giuseppe Bruscia et al., the Lodge of San Michele Di Serrastretta, No. 329, Steelton, Pennsylvania, and Giuseppe Di Silvestro et al., members of the General Executive Council Order of Sons of Italy. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before McCarrell, J. The hill alleged that plaintiffs had been illegally expelled from a fraternal…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The appellants were members of San Michele Di Serrastretta No. 329, of Steelton, of the Order of the Sons of Italy. They were expelled from the order by the action of its grand arbitration committee, authorized by the laws of the society to pass upon accusations that had been made against them. In their bill filed in the court below they alleged that they had been illegally expelled, and its prayer was for their reinstatement and other relief. It was dismissed because they had “not exhausted the remedy provided by the rules and regulations of the order.” They had not appealed from…
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