Robinson v. Supreme Council of American Fraternal Circle

PHELPS and DENNIS, J.J.

On the 3d of February, 1892, the defendant corporation adopted certain amendments to their by-laws, purporting to effect material alterations in the contracts evidenced by the certificates issued to the contributing members of the order, in number, some *246twenty thousand. 'Immediately thereupon, numerous bills were filed by dissatisfied members against the corporation, some in this court, and others in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. Differing somewhat in their allegations, the object of all these bills was substantially the same, the winding up of the concern by the…