Saerwein v. Jamour
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, eleventh district, rendered on May 3, 1900, in favor of the plaintiff.
1Per curiam
The constitution and by-laws of the defendant «constituted the contract between the plaintiff’s intestate and the defendant. With that contract the courts have no right to interfere, unless the contract is against public policy. This contract is not against public policy. The defendant had a right to refuse to reinstate a member who had been dropped for just cause, and, having that right to refuse to reinstate a member so dropped, it had a right to impose the terms upon which such member should be reinstated. Under the terms imposed by the constitution and by-laws of the defendant, the…
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