Colley v. Wilson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Mon. Pembrooh B. Flitcraft, Judge. (1) The court was without jurisdiction to try this cause and render the relief prayed for by the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Mon. Pembrooh B. Flitcraft, Judge. (1) The court was without jurisdiction to try this cause and render the relief prayed for by the plaintiff. It had not jurisdiction to appoint a receiver or to enter an order requesting the funds of the association which are on deposit in 'the Merchants-Laclede National Bank, because the members of the grand executive committee, the-trustee of the association in whom the legal title to all of its property and funds is vested, are not parties defendant. Greer, Mills & Oo. v. Stoller, 71 Bed. Rep. 1; Perry on…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen is an unincorporated society with an insurance feature. The society consists of one grand division and local divisions holding charters from the grand division. The grand division is composed of a grand chief foreman, a vice grand chief foreman, and a grand executive committee composed of five members and delegates elected by the local divisions. The grand division meets biennially and in the interim the business of the brotherhobd is conducted by the grand chief and the executive committee. At the times hereinafter stated the defendant, John T. Wilson, was…
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