Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen v. Graham
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. J. L. Husted, Judge. This is a suit in equity to enjoin the defendants, who are officers of an alleged unincorporated society or voluntary association, from using the name of the “Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Iowa,” usually written and known as the “G. L. A. O. U. W. of Iowa;” to restrain them from trons1acting business, and from conducting a life insurance business upon the mutual assessment plan under that…
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. J. L. Husted, Judge. This is a suit in equity to enjoin the defendants, who are officers of an alleged unincorporated society or voluntary association, from using the name of the “Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Iowa,” usually written and known as the “G. L. A. O. U. W. of Iowa;” to restrain them from trons1acting business, and from conducting a life insurance business upon the mutual assessment plan under that name; and for such other relief as may be equitable. The defendants demurred to the petition, and the demurrer was…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The pleadings in this case are very voluminous, covering more than one hundred and sixty closely printed pages of the abstract. We cannot do more than set out the substance, of the allegation which we deem material to a proper determination of the case, and must, of necessity, avoid even a reference to many matters which are pleaded and argued by the counsel, for the reason that they would obscure the real points at issue as we understand them. The plaintiff claims: 'That it is a mutual benefit association doing a life insurance business in this state under the name in which it,brings this…
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