State ex rel. Graham v. Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Mandamus. “ Tbe Chamber of Commerce of tbe City of Milwaukee ” is a corporation existing under tbe provisions of cb. 132, Laws of 1858, B. S., p. 490. Section 1 of tbe act provides that tbe members of sucb an association may “ adopt a name, constitution and by-laws sucb as they may agree upon.” Section 2 provides that said corporation “ shall have tbe right to * * expel any member as they may see fit.”
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APPLICATION for a Mandamus. “ Tbe Chamber of Commerce of tbe City of Milwaukee ” is a corporation existing under tbe provisions of cb. 132, Laws of 1858, B. S., p. 490. Section 1 of tbe act provides that tbe members of sucb an association may “ adopt a name, constitution and by-laws sucb as they may agree upon.” Section 2 provides that said corporation “ shall have tbe right to * * expel any member as they may see fit.” Section 7 provides that “ tbe award of any general committee of reference appointed by said corporation, upon any matter of difference submitted to said committee for…
1Opinion of the CourtDowner., J.
The defendant moves to quash the alternative writ of mandamus, for the reason that the same does not show upon its face that the relator is entitled to the relief prayed. The writ shows, in substance, that the relator and Charles J. Kershaw were both members of the Chamber of Commerce, *69and bad bad dealings witb eacb other, and there were accounts between them growing mostly out of the purchase and sale of produce; that each claimed the other was indebted to him; that Graham commenced an action against Kershaw in the county court of Milwaukee county, to recover the amount he alleges Kershaw…
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