Red Cedar Lodge, I.O.O.F. Building Ass'n v. Trustees of Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Sec. 188.01, Stats, (formerly part of ch. 92, R. S. 1898), authorizes the members of any grand lodge or subordinate lodge of a number of fraternal societies, including the Order of Odd Fellows, to elect trustees. By virtue of sec. 188.02, such trustees are to be deemed a corporation. Thus the appellant is a corporation and the trustees of the subordinate Red Cedar Lodge No. 183 constitute a corporation of the same character, authorized by the same provision of the statutes.

The respondent Building Association, however, is a separate corporation, organized under ch. 86, R. S. 1898. It is clear…