Goodman v. Jedidjah Lodge, No. 7
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit. Court of Baltimore City. The appellants filed their bill against the appellee, an incorporated beneficial organization, asking for an injunction to restrain the appellee'from using any part of the funds contributed by the appellants, then in the hands, of said appellee, or which were in its hands at the time it ceased to have the right or power to act as a constituent of District Grand Lodge, No. 5, and as a part of the General Order, while the…
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Appeal from the Circuit. Court of Baltimore City. The appellants filed their bill against the appellee, an incorporated beneficial organization, asking for an injunction to restrain the appellee'from using any part of the funds contributed by the appellants, then in the hands, of said appellee, or which were in its hands at the time it ceased to have the right or power to act as a constituent of District Grand Lodge, No. 5, and as a part of the General Order, while the connection of the said appellee with the General Order, under its laws and Constitution remained severed, or from using the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This is another case growing out of the controversy between the minority and majority of the members of Jedidjah Lodge over the funds of the Lodge, the history of which is given in the case of District Grand Lodge vs. Jedidjah Lodge, 65 Md., 236. In stating the facts in that case we purposely abstained from any comment upon the conduct of either party, in the hope that our decision would put an end to the litigation, and that the breach would be healed by time and reflection, especially when the minority found that the fund was entirely safe, and would be devoted to the same general…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chouteau v. MolonySupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- District Grand Lodge, No. 5 v. Jedidjah Lodge, No. 7Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
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