Masonic Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Severson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of interpleader, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice,, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of Louise P. Severson, from which the other respondent, Mabel P. Stivers, appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The plaintiff is a mutual benefit society composed of Free Masons.
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Action of interpleader, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice,, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of Louise P. Severson, from which the other respondent, Mabel P. Stivers, appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The plaintiff is a mutual benefit society composed of Free Masons. Each member is admitted after a written application to the board of directors, stating “ upon my honor as a man and a Mason ” his qualifications, and that “ I agree to render punctual payment of all dues and assessments for which I may become…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
It is not essential to the validity of the acts of a voluntary association that they should be recorded; if recorded, such record consists merely of written entries of its acts, made by a clerk appointed by the association for that purpose for its own convenience only, and such entries are not of so solemn a character as to be conclusive. Goodwin v. United States A. & L. Ins. Co., 24 Conn. 591, 601. The court properly admitted the evidence offered to prove the adoption of the amendments to the by-laws. The finding that the amendments were adopted is conclusive.
Mr. Prouty had no vested right…
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