People ex rel. Stewart v. Young Men's Father Matthew Total Abstinence Benevolent Society No. 1

The information in this case was filed by the attorney general for an alleged abuse of corporate franchises, in imposing, under certain amended rules and by-laws, conditions which subjected the inter*69ests of the society to the control in certain respects of a spiritual director appointed by the Eoman . Catholic bishop of Detroit, confined membership to Eoman Catholics, and introduced some other analogous regulations.

The plea admits the amendments and claims that all the members were Eoman Catholics but relator, and sets up certain reasons why they ought not to be considered unreasonable, and…