Mazurkiewicz v. St. Adelbertus Aid Society
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Kent; Perkins, J. Mandamus by Franciszck Mazurkiewicz to compel the St. Adelbertus Aid Society of Grand Rapids to reinstate relator as a member of such society. From an order granting the writ, respondent brings, certiorari. The by-law in question is void as unreasonable, and not necessary to effect the object for which the society was incorporated.
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Certiorari to Kent; Perkins, J. Mandamus by Franciszck Mazurkiewicz to compel the St. Adelbertus Aid Society of Grand Rapids to reinstate relator as a member of such society. From an order granting the writ, respondent brings, certiorari. The by-law in question is void as unreasonable, and not necessary to effect the object for which the society was incorporated. Boehler v. Aid Society, 22 Mich. 86; Pulford v. Detroit Fire Department, 31 Mich. 458; Stewart v. Father Matthew Society, 41 Mich. 67 (1 N. W. 931); Allnutt v. High Court of Foresters, 62 Mich. 110 (28 N. W. 802); Erd v. Belief…
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This was an application for a mandamus, made to the court below to compel the respondent society to reinstate relator as a member of that society, from which it is claimed he has been unlawfully expelled. There are only two questions involved:
1. Is subdivision c, § 5, of article 12, which reads as follows: “ No member of the St. Adelbertus Aid Society of Grand Rapids, Michigan, can be a member of any society that is not approved by the Roman Catholic Church,”—a valid, legal, and binding by-law of said respondent society ?
2. Was relator legally expelled from the respondent society ?
It appears…
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