Eminent Household v. Thornton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior couri. The case involves a contest over the right of J. B. Frost and oth-. ers, who are named as defendants, on the one hand, and L. T. Bin-ford and others, who were made parties by the cross-petition, on the-other hand,, to participate in the control of a certain institution known as The Eminent Household of Columbian Woodmen.
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Injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior couri. The case involves a contest over the right of J. B. Frost and oth-. ers, who are named as defendants, on the one hand, and L. T. Bin-ford and others, who were made parties by the cross-petition, on the-other hand,, to participate in the control of a certain institution known as The Eminent Household of Columbian Woodmen. The petition was filed on the name of The Eminent Household of Columbian Woodmen, alleged to be a corporation, and sought to enjoin J. B. Frost and the other defendants from participating in the meetings of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The record is voluminous, but after careful consideration the view which we take of the case renders it unnecessary to state more of it than is expressed in the statement of facts. One question presented is: Did the petitioners for charter have the power, in December, 1909, to amend the by-laws and make rules relating to the control of the internal affairs of the order? If they did not, the action taken by them at that time was void, and the action of their appointees, the defendants whom the court refused to enjoin, was unauthorized and should have been enjoined. The question does not…
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