Legal Opinion

Downing v. Schearer

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County

Decided March 25, 1922No. 316Published

Demurrer to bill. C. P. Berks Co., Equity Docket, 1921, No. 316.

1Opinion of the Court

Endlich, P. J.,

This bill is brought by a member of Berks Chamber No. 101, Order of the Companions of Friendship, of Reading, Pa., against the officers of the chamber and the Northeastern Trust Company of Reading to prevent an alleged contemplated diversion of the funds and property of the chamber to improper, unauthorized and illegal purposes; that organization being an unincorporated beneficial association operating on the lodge system, having a membership of 143, and owning, besides other property (consisting of the chapter and by-laws of the chamber, regalia, books of records, pictures,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Greaves v. . GougeNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Watts's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
  3. Kerr v. TregoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1864
  4. Gorman v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  5. Appeal of Passyunk Building Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877

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