Standard Stock Farm v. National Trotting Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Action by the Standard Stock Farm, Frank L. Noble, and George Robens against the National Trotting Association, P. P. Johnson, of Lexington, Ky., M. J. Bukeley, of Hartford, Conn., and John L. Mitchell, of Milwaukee, Wis. This is a motion to punish the National Trotting Association and Philip P. Johnson, as president, for contempt in disobeying a preliminary injunction order made in February, 1890, by a justice of this court, at chambers.
1Opinion of the CourtCorlett, J.
The National Trotting Association was organized in 1870, and incorporated in 1884, in the state of Connecticut; its head-quarters being Hartford. Its officers are a president, secretary, treasurer, and board of appeals, consisting of 15 in number. The present president is Phillip P. Johnson, of Lexington, Ky. The association adopted by-laws defining the duties *899of the officers of the corporation. The following by-laws, rules, and regulalations are among those adopted:
Article 2. Section 1. “This association shall have for its object the improvement of the breed and the development of horses,…
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