Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum v. Green
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the effect and application of the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution and other matters, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the effect and application of the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution and other matters, are stated in the opinion. Plaintiff in error is a corporation organized under the laws of Massachusetts; and, beyond such comity as any other State is willing to confer upon it, it has no corporate status in any other State, and is subject in such other State to any and all the laws, regulations and limitations prescribed therein upon foreign corporations. The contract, the subject of the transaction…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
' ..Conformably to. the authority conferred by the general laws, of Massachusetts to organize fraternal beneficiary corporations, in 1877 there was issued to designated persons a certificate of incorporation under the name of the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum. By the constitution and by-laws, referred to in the certificate, the corporation became what is known as a fraternal association under the lodge system. Its principal objects as stated were:
“1st. To unite fraternally all white men of sound bodily health and good moral character, who are socially acceptable and between twenty-one…
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