Legal Opinion

Konta v. St. Louis Stock Exchange

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 24, 1905PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ro». H. D. Wood, Judge. (1) Tlie attempt of tlie board of directors to expel Konta and forfeit Ms membership was ineffectual and jn no way affected Ms rights as a member, (a) The rules governing the procedure necessary to suspend a member and forfeit his membership, were never complied with, since Konta was declared suspended for non-payment of dues before due notice was given of the action about to be taken, or in fact before he…

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ro». H. D. Wood, Judge. (1) Tlie attempt of tlie board of directors to expel Konta and forfeit Ms membership was ineffectual and jn no way affected Ms rights as a member, (a) The rules governing the procedure necessary to suspend a member and forfeit his membership, were never complied with, since Konta was declared suspended for non-payment of dues before due notice was given of the action about to be taken, or in fact before he received notice of any kind. Under the circumstances actual notice was necessary to bind Konta in any way by the…

1Opinion of the Court

BRACE, P. J'.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the St. Louis City Circuit Court dissolving an injunction. After a careful consideration of the whole record, the able arguments of counsel, and the cases cited in support of their respective contentions, we find the facts of the case so "fairly and clearly stated and the law governing it so aptly and admirably applied thereto in the opinion of Judge Horatio D. Wood, before whom it was tried, and for a copy of whose opinion we are under many obligations to counsel, that we take pleasure in adopting the same as the opinion of this court. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Glardon v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the WorldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Wayland v. Western Life Indemnity Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Konta v. St. Louis Stock ExchangeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  3. Tarbell & Whitham v. GiffordSupreme Court of Vermont · 1909
  4. Willoughby v. HildrethMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. Cohn v. BrombergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919

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