United States ex rel. De Yturbide v. Metropolitan Club
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the relator from a judgment on a verdict upon a petition for a writ of mandamus. Statement of the Case. This was an application for a mandamus by the appellant, Agustín de Yturbide, as relator, against the Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington, to compel the club to reinstate the relator to membership of the club, from which he had been expelled.
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Hearing on an appeal by the relator from a judgment on a verdict upon a petition for a writ of mandamus. Statement of the Case. This was an application for a mandamus by the appellant, Agustín de Yturbide, as relator, against the Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington, to compel the club to reinstate the relator to membership of the club, from which he had been expelled. To the rule to show cause the appellee answered, and the answer was traversed by the relator, and issue was joined. The case was tried before a jury, as provided by the statute, and a verdict was rendered in favor of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
The Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington was incorporated in 1882, under the general incorporation law for the District of Columbia, “for literary purposes, mutual improvement, and the promotion of social intercourse.” By the law authorizing the incorporation, the corporators were authorized “ to make by-laws and elect officers- and agents, and to take, receive, hold and convey real and personal estate necessary for the purposes of the society as stated in their certificate, and other real and personal property, the clear annual income from which shall not exceed in value $25,000.”
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