Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania Beneficial Institution
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
' ON a return to a mandamus commanding the defendants to restore John Hansell to his place as a member of the Pennsylvania Beneficial Institution, or to shew cause to the contrary, the questions arising upon it were argued by Nor-bury and Browne for Hansell, and by Ash and J. R. Ingersoll, for the Institution; when Tilghman C. J. delivered the following opinion, which embraces the whole case.
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
John Hansell, a member of “ The Pennsylvania Beneficial Institution,” having been expelled from the society, and applied to this Court for a mandamus to restore him, the officers of the corporation have made a return, shewing cause why the said Hansell should not be restored to the rights of a member. It appears by the return, that by the articles of incorporation each member is to pay fifty cents in specie as a monthly contribution, and should any member neglect to pay his contribution for three months he is to be expelled. Hansell is stated to have been three months in…
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