Commonwealth v. Heilman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 410, Jan. T., 1912, by respondents, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 2834, of ouster on quo warranto in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. B. Prank Myers, John S. Alcorn, M. P. Dickeson, Charles H. Hall and Thomas H. Walters, v. W. Elmer Heilman, Thomas P. Ashford, John R. McKelvey, George S. Pord and A. H. Leslie. Quo warranto to oust the respondents from office in a beneficial society.
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Appeal, No. 410, Jan. T., 1912, by respondents, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 2834, of ouster on quo warranto in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. B. Prank Myers, John S. Alcorn, M. P. Dickeson, Charles H. Hall and Thomas H. Walters, v. W. Elmer Heilman, Thomas P. Ashford, John R. McKelvey, George S. Pord and A. H. Leslie. Quo warranto to oust the respondents from office in a beneficial society. Audenried, J., filed the following opinion: • The relators were elected to the offices in dispute by a body of members of the corporation, known as the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The historical view of the origin and groAvth of the *388Junior Order of United American Mechanics will be helpful to a proper understanding of the questions raised by this appeal. This order was first instituted by the organization of Washington Council, in German-town, Pennsylvania, in 1853. It is a voluntary,' secret, patriotic and beneficial society. In the plan of organization it was provided that the original council should act as a state council until six such councils were organized, and it did so act until eight councils were instituted. In 1860 these eight…
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