Independent Steam Fire Engine Co. v. Richland Lodge
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Richland, June, 1904. Action by Independent Steam Fire Engine Go. against! Richland Lodge, No. 39, A. F. M.; Acacia Lodge, No. 94,¡ A. F. M., and Columbia Royal Arch Chapter, No. 5, on the following complaint: “I. That the plaintiff is now, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a corporation under the laws of the State of South Carolina, having first been incorporated as The Columbia Independent Fire Engine Company, on the 20th day of December, 1837,…
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Before Gary, J., Richland, June, 1904. Action by Independent Steam Fire Engine Go. against! Richland Lodge, No. 39, A. F. M.; Acacia Lodge, No. 94,¡ A. F. M., and Columbia Royal Arch Chapter, No. 5, on the following complaint: “I. That the plaintiff is now, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a corporation under the laws of the State of South Carolina, having first been incorporated as The Columbia Independent Fire Engine Company, on the 20th day of December, 1837, but last as Independent Steam Fire Engine Company. “II. That the defendant, Richland Lodge, No. 39, A. F. M., is a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint. It will, therefore, be necessary to set out the complaint in the report of the case. The main question in the case is whether his Honor, the Circuit Judge, erred in ruling that “under the written agreement set out in the complaint, the defendants cannot lawfully use the premises described in said agreement, except as a ‘Masonic Hall’ or for masonic purposes.”
The construction placed upon the agreement by the Circuit Judge gives effect to¡ all the terms of the…
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