Mason v. Finch

The controversy in this suit in replevin all turns on the ownership of certain masonic articles and furniture, levied upon by plaintiff in error as belonging to a corporation known as Adrian Chapter Number Ten, but claimed by defendants to have been the property of an unincorporated masonic body, known as “Adrian Chapter Number Ten of Eoyal Arch Masons,” in common with another masonic organization: “Adrian Commandery Number Four of Knights Templar.”

The main question presented is whether the unincorporated society had become merged in the corporation.. The circuit court held there was no such…