People ex rel. Dunnel v. Medical Society
New York Supreme Court
Motion for a mandamus. The relator was duly elected a member of the Medical Society of the County ofNew-York, but his certificate of membership was refused to be delivered t0 him until he' paid an initiation fee of ten dollars, in compliance with the by-laws of the society. This he refused tp ¿Q . anc] he now asked for a mandamus commanding the so-J ciety to deliver to him his certificate.
1Opinion of the Court
*427 By the Court,
Maecy, J.
By the act to incorporate medical societies, (2 R. L. 222, § 14, passed April 10th, 1813,) county medical societies are authorized to make and establish such by-laws and regulations, relative to the affairs, conj t c l • x V , cerns and property of such societies; relative to the admission and expulsion of members; and relative to donations and contributions, as they shall think fit and proper. In the revision of the statutes, the powers of those societies are left untouched, and remain as they were under the act of 1813: If power is not expressly given or necessarily…
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