Int. Hod, C., No. 426 v. Int. Hod, C., No. 502

This is a suit for an injunction filed by local 426 of the hod carriers union to restrain members of a so-called union 502 from holding themselves out as such.

Up to February, 1926, local 426 was the only hod carriers local in Orange. On that date the international organization, whose headquarters are in Massachusetts, chartered local 502.

Complainant contends that local 502 is without authority to function as such. It is contended by the defendants, in the first place, that local 426, being a voluntary association, has no power to bring suit in its own name.

I shall not decide this question of…