Southerland v. Decimo Club

The defendant was incorporated on April 19, 1926. Its purposes were stated in its original certificate to be as follows:

"The purposes for which the corporation is formed are, a membership or non-stock corporation, to maintain, conduct and provide for its members reading and club rooms; to provide, give and promote social intercourse among its members; and for the general advancement of its members through any honest and honorable methods that may later develop."

By an amendment to its certificate adopted July 19, 1927, the corporate purposes were stated as follows:

"(1) To unite fraternally and…