District Grand Lodge No. 25 v. Logan

This suit involves a parcel of real estate once used as a lodge hall by the local colored Odd Fellows Lodge in the city of Denton. For history and description of the state organization and the applicable provisions of its constitution and by-laws, we refer to the opinions in the cases herein cited.

The local lodge ceased to make reports or pay dues to the state organization, which we shall refer to as Grand Lodge, in the year 1936. On February 18, 1937, the trustees of the local lodge, pursuant to resolution adopted by its members, executed a deed purporting to convey the real estate in…