Ioska Tribe of Red Men v. Great Council of Red Men

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Bill in equity filed by a local council of a national beneficial society against the State Council to restrain the collection of an increased per capita tax and to enjoin its expulsion from the Order.

The Improved Order of Bed Men is a secret beneficial society formed on a federal plan. The system or plan comprises a National Council, State Council, and local councils or tribes. The various local councils or tribes, located within a state, are subject to the authority of the State Council, if one has been constituted; and the State Councils are in turn subject to the…