Brandenburger v. Jefferson Club Ass'n
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James B. Withrow, Judge. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. Tie Jefferson Club Association was organized under chapter 42, article 10, Revised Statutes 1889 (chapter 12, article 11, Revised Statutes 1899). Article 11 of the articles of association says: “The object of this association shall be to preserve, defend and advance the essential principles of pure government as formulated by Thomas Jefferson and embodied in the history of the…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James B. Withrow, Judge. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. Tie Jefferson Club Association was organized under chapter 42, article 10, Revised Statutes 1889 (chapter 12, article 11, Revised Statutes 1899). Article 11 of the articles of association says: “The object of this association shall be to preserve, defend and advance the essential principles of pure government as formulated by Thomas Jefferson and embodied in the history of the Democratic party; to establish a clubhouse to promote the rational amusements of bowling, billiards, pool, chess, checkers…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
There are rights and privileges incident to membership in an organization like the respondent club, independent of any property Interests which, if not valuable, are prized as desirable, and the esteem in which they are held is likely to wax instead of wane, because the trend of social forces bids fair to continue towards association in habits and efforts. The growth of urban populations, enlarged means of intercourse, wide diffusion of knowledge with an attendant broadening of popular interests, extension of political power among the masses and other tendencies of the age, have rapidly…
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