Fowler v. Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Otoe county: Frederick W. Button, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtLetton, J.
Plaintiffs are members and certificate holders of the defendant, which is a fraternal beneficiary association incorporated under the laws of the state of Nebraska. The purpose of the action is to have the court declare that certain provisions of the constitution and by-laws of the order in force in 1917 are still in full force and effect, and that the constitution and by-laws claimed to have been adopted by the Sovereign Camp of the defendant at its session in Chicago in July, 1919, be decláred unlawfully adopted; that sections 60 and 61 of said constitution and by-laws be declared…
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