Williams v. Wilkes-Barre Firemen's Relief & Pension Ass'n

Valentine, P. J.,

for court en banc,

This is a mandamus proceeding, instituted by the seven plaintiffs to compel the officers of the Wilkes-Barre Firemen’s Relief and Pension Association to admit them to membership in said association.

The association is a corporation of the first class, incorporated as “The Wilkes-Barre Firemen’s Relief Association” by decree of this court on May 25, 1896. The name was subsequently changed to Wilkes-Barre Firemen’s Relief and Pension Association. The purpose of the corporation, set forth in its charter, as amended in 1915, is as follows:

“Second. The purpose for…