Johnson Electric-Service Co. v. Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Carpenter, J. Bill by the Johnson Electric-Service Company against the Detroit Chamber of Commerce and others to enforce the collection of a judgment. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The defendant corporation is organized under chapter 108, 1 How. Stat., entitled “Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce,” under the name of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce. The act provides (section 3802) that:
‘ ‘ Any number of persons, not less than twenty, * * * may associate themselves together as a board of trade, and assemble at any time and place upon which a majority of the members so associatiñg together may agree, *116and elect a president, one or more vice-presidents, and such other officers as may be determined upon, adopt a name, constitution, and by-laws such as they may agree…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Peck v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- People ex rel. Port Huron & Gratiot Railway Co. v. Judge of St. Clair CircuitMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- Flint v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Reid v. Eatonton Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1869
- Omaha Law Library Ass'n v. ConnellNebraska Supreme Court · 1898