State ex rel. Butterworth v. Frater

The Loyal Order of Moose is a voluntary fraternal organization, with local lodges in the different states, created for the advancement of fraternal principles and not for the transaction of business or pecuniary reward. The order has a lodge in Seattle which has a charter from the supreme lodge, that being the parent body, located in Illinois. The Seattle lodge is incorporated under the laws of this state, apparently for the purpose of holding real estate used by it for its home. The local lodge is governed by the constitution and general laws of the order, and *502all the members of the local…