Crow v. Capital City Council
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 11, March T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 274, for plaintiff on trial by court without a j.ury in case of Wilmer Crow v. Capital City Council No. 327, Jr. O. U. A. M., Irvin C. Keel Councilor et al. Mandamus to reinstate a member of a beneficial association The case was tried by agreement before Weiss, P. J., without a jury.
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Appeal, No. 11, March T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 274, for plaintiff on trial by court without a j.ury in case of Wilmer Crow v. Capital City Council No. 327, Jr. O. U. A. M., Irvin C. Keel Councilor et al. Mandamus to reinstate a member of a beneficial association The case was tried by agreement before Weiss, P. J., without a jury. Weiss, P. J., filed the following opinion : Wilmer Crow, the plaintiff, is a member of the defendant council, a fraternal and beneficial association, which was incorporated by a decree of this court, pursuant to…
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Oblad y, J.,
The plaintiff was a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and a representative from the state of Pennsylvania in the national council of the organization ; charges were preferred against him before the national judiciary, the highest judicial tribunal and the court of last resort within the order, and after a trial and conviction thereby he was expelled from membership in Capital City Council, the defendant. He presented his petition to the court of common pleas of Dauphin county for a mandamus upon-the defendant council to restore him to membership. An…
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