State ex rel. Curtis v. Stevedores & Longshoremen's Benevolent Ass'n
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. 1. A corporation having adopted rules and regulations, known and called constitution and by-laws, for its government and the police of its members, and having provided thérein for the mode and manner in which such laws can be changed, no change, alteration, or amendment, in such rules and regulations, are valid and binding, unless such changes and alterations have been made in accordance with the…
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. 1. A corporation having adopted rules and regulations, known and called constitution and by-laws, for its government and the police of its members, and having provided thérein for the mode and manner in which such laws can be changed, no change, alteration, or amendment, in such rules and regulations, are valid and binding, unless such changes and alterations have been made in accordance with the provisions therein contained and made for that purpose. B. C. O. 445. :2. By-laws of a corporation, which are unreasonable,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
This is a proceeding for a mandamus brought- on the relation of Thomas. Curtis against the Stevedores and Longshoremen’s Benevolent Association on the allegations in substance: That relator is a resident of the City of New Orleans; that he was a member of the Stevedores and Longshoremen’s Benevolent Association of New Orleans from the time of its organization until *1101April 14, 1890; that said association is a body corporate under the laws of the State of Louisiana; that said corporation has adopted a constitution and code of by-laws, under its…
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