Hamilton v. Rouse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Leon H. Rouse, as president, and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of January, 1917, overruling their demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.:
The grounds of the demurrer are that there is a defect of parties defendant, and also that the complaint fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
The defendant Rouse is president of Typographical Union No. 6, an unincorporated association consisting of more than seven members.
The plaintiff is a member of the local union No. 6. This local union is organized under a charter of the International Typographical Union of North America. All the members of the local union are’members of the International union. The latter has a constitution which is the organic law…
2Cited by1 opinion
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