Grand Lodge, Colored K. P. of Grand Jurisdiction v. Sanford

This suit was instituted by J. W. Sanford and C. H. Thomas, appellees herein, against Grand Lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias of the Grand Ju-lisdiction of the State of Texas, and the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, appellants herein. Appellees prayed for an injunction restraining appellants from denying to appellees their rights as members of said order, and for a mandamus requiring appellants to reinstate appellees as members of said order and to recognize them as such, with all the rights and privileges of membership, and in…