Bronson Agricultural & Breeders' Ass'n v. Ramsdell

Christiancy, Oh. J.

The defendant beloAv, plaintiff in error, is a corporation *442organized under chapter fifty-four Compiled Laws, and the act of March 23d, 1867, amendatory thereof.

By the fourth section of the amendatory act the purposes of such organizations are declared to be, “to promote the interests of agriculture, horticulture, and the mechanic arts;” and it is declared that the associations authorized may “ hold fairs aud exhibitions, and may distribute premiums, for the best and most meritorious animals or articles exhibited, in their several departments, as shall be by their by-laws…