Curran v. O'Meara
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court, in substitution for a previous bill, on February 2, 1911, by the alleged officers and members in good standing of Ayer Circle, No. 478, Companions of the Forest of America, an unincorporated voluntary association existing under a charter granted by the Supreme Circle, Companions of the Forest of America, against persons alleged to have been former officers of said Ayer Circle and to have ceased to be such officers, against those…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court, in substitution for a previous bill, on February 2, 1911, by the alleged officers and members in good standing of Ayer Circle, No. 478, Companions of the Forest of America, an unincorporated voluntary association existing under a charter granted by the Supreme Circle, Companions of the Forest of America, against persons alleged to have been former officers of said Ayer Circle and to have ceased to be such officers, against those persons claiming to be members of said Ayer Circle who recognized said defendants as such officers and against certain…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The plaintiffs not having excepted to the master’s report, the question before us is whether upon his findings the decree dismissing the bill should be affirmed. The parties were members of Ayer Circle, No. 478, of the Companions of the Forest of America, a secret fraternal beneficiary order, composed of a supreme circle with grand circles and subordinate circles, each of which is a voluntary association. It had an elaborate system of general laws for its own government and for the creation and government of grand and subordinate circles. A grand circle having been duly organized in this…
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