Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Griffith v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided January 10, 1925No. 24,729PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Marshall, J.:
The plaintiff commenced this action to oust the defendants from doing business in this state as a foreign corporation.
The charter of The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan recites that—
“The purpose and object of said corporation is to be purely benevolent and eleemosynary, and there shall be no capital stock or profit or gain to the members thereof.”
The petition of the plaintiff contains two counts, the first of which alleges that—
“The defendant, The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is a corporation *565organized and existing under the laws of the state…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
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