Fawcett v. Supreme Sitting
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for the appointment of a receiver of the assets of the defendant corporation in this State; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court.
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Action for the appointment of a receiver of the assets of the defendant corporation in this State; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court. Upon the plaintiff’s application Edwin L. Scofield was appointed receiver of the funds and estate of the defendant in Connecticut, and thereafter the branches of the Order in this State, pursuant to the order of the Superior Court, paid over to him as such receiver all the funds in their custody. Thereupon the several local branches and James F.…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The Supreme Sitting of the Order of the Iron.Hall was duly incorporated under the general laws of the State of Indiana, in 1881. Its corporate purposes were defined, in the third of its Articles of Association, as being “ to unite in bonds of Union, Protection and Forbearance all acceptable white persons of good character, steady habits, sound bodily health, and reputable calling, who believe in a *175Supreme Intelligent Being, the Creator and Preserver of the Universe; to improve the condition of its membership morally, socially and materially, by instructive lessons, judicious counsel and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re the Equitable Reserve Fund Life Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Lyon v. AnnableSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
- Fogg v. Supreme Lodge of United Order of the Golden LionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Cooke v. WarnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
3Cited by18 opinions
- Clark v. WilliardSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Receivers Middlesex Banking Co. v. Realty Investment Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Sands v. E. S. Greeley & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
- Supreme Council A. L. H. v. BlackCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1903
- Vaszauskas v. VaszauskasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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