Hutchinson v. Lawrence

— It was held by the general term of the court of common pleas, in the case of White agt. Brownell (2 Daly, 329), that as the privilege of membership of a voluntary unincorporated association is not conferred by the sovereign power, but is created solely by the organization itself, courts of law cannot compel the admission of an applicant for membership, nor interfere to restore to membership one who has been expelled for non-compliance with the conditions upon which membership is made to depend; that the members of such an association are bound by its rules, when not in conflict with the law…