Snyder v. Supreme Ruler of the Fraternal Mystic Circle

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

Tbe defendant is a corporation duly organized under tbe laws of tbe State of Pennsylvania, with its principal office in tbe city of Philadelphia, in that State, and with subordinate lodges, or agencies, located in different States of the Union. Tbe corporation is social and benevolent in character; its object, as indicated in its charter, being “to unite fraternally white persons of proper age and good social and moral character . . . for beneficial and protective purposes, collecting dues and assessments from its members, to provide for tbe payment to its…