People ex rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman

The sole question involved in this appeal is the constitutionality of certain sections of the Civil Rights Law (as added by Laws of 1923, chap. 664), particularly sections 53 and 56, the significant provisions of which are as follows:. “ § 53. * * * Every existing membership corporation, and every existing unincorporated association having a membership of twenty or more persons, which corporation or association requires an oath as a prerequisite or condition of membership, other than a labor union or a benevolent order mentioned in the Benevolent Orders Law, within thirty days after this…