Love v. Grand International Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martinecm-, Chancellor; 1. The Constitution of the G. I. D. did not invest it with jurisdiction to expel members of subordinate divisions, but with appellate jurisdiction only.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martinecm-, Chancellor; 1. The Constitution of the G. I. D. did not invest it with jurisdiction to expel members of subordinate divisions, but with appellate jurisdiction only. The power of disfranchisement must be conferred by statute or charter and is not sustained otherwise as an incidental power except where the member has been -convicted of infamous crime by a competent court, or some act against the society tending to its destruction or injury. Thompson on Corp., § 4688; 20 Wis, 63; 4 Am. Dec. (2 Binn.) 453; 31 Midi 458; 1 Bacon on Ben. Soc.,…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellants instituted suit against appellees in the Pulaski Chancery Court to prevent them from interfering with their membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and their property rights, consisting of insurance, traveling cards, etc., incident to their membership. In substance, they alleged that the Grand International Division of said Brotherhood, commonly known as the “G. I. D,,” was a duly organized Ohio corporation, located at Cleveland, Ohio, with power to do business in Arkansas, and possessing supreme authority in matters of said brotherhood; that, without authority, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Simpson v. Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
- Gray v. Christian SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Spilman v. Supreme Council of the Home CircleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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