Council of Jewish Women v. Boston Section Council of Jewish Women
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 3, 1912, and later amended, in which, as amended, the plaintiff was the Council of Jewish Women, a New York corporation, and the defendants were the Boston Section Council of Jewish Women, a Massachusetts corporation organized under R. L. c. 125, (hereinafter called the defendant,) Esther M. Andrews, its president, and Rose L. Shellenberg, its treasurer.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 3, 1912, and later amended, in which, as amended, the plaintiff was the Council of Jewish Women, a New York corporation, and the defendants were the Boston Section Council of Jewish Women, a Massachusetts corporation organized under R. L. c. 125, (hereinafter called the defendant,) Esther M. Andrews, its president, and Rose L. Shellenberg, its treasurer. The allegations of the bill were in substance as follows: In 1893 an unincorporated association called the Council of Jewish Women was formed for the purpose of creating a closer…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The bill as amended is brought only by a New York corporation in its own right. Accordingly the case must be considered as if the action of the defendant corporation now complained of had been taken with the unanimous consent of all its members and with the observance of all due formalities. Of such merely corporate action, affecting only the conduct of the corporation within the scope of its chartered powers, other parties cannot complain on the ground of irregularities or other formal defects. Beecher v. Marquette & Pacific Rolling Mill Co., 45 Mich. 103. St. Louis Bank v. Grenada Bank, 83…
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