Reno Lodge No. 99 v. Grand Lodge
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. This action was instituted in the district court of Shawnee county, in the name of Reno lodge No. 99, I. O. O. F., of Hutchinson, and 91 other lodges of Odd Fellows, against the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the state of Kansas, J. A. Campbell, grand master, John A. Bright, grand secretary, and Louis C. Stine, grand treasurer.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. This action was instituted in the district court of Shawnee county, in the name of Reno lodge No. 99, I. O. O. F., of Hutchinson, and 91 other lodges of Odd Fellows, against the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the state of Kansas, J. A. Campbell, grand master, John A. Bright, grand secretary, and Louis C. Stine, grand treasurer. The petition says that the grand lodge was chartered on the 10th day of March, 1858, by an act of the legislature of the territory of Kansas, and is now a duly organized and existing corporation. It is averred…
1Opinion of the Court
*79The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen, J.:
The conclusion we have reached in this case renders it unnecessary to cover so extensive a field of inquiry as has been gone over in the briefs and on the oral argument.
1- ^ciety°-nt ofraíéf.forcc The right of the plaintiffs to jointly maintain this action is challenged, and justified by the plaintiffs on the ground that it is an action to enjoin the collection of a tax. We do not think that this is a tax within § 253 of the code of civil procedure. Neither the grand lodge of the state nor its officers claim any power to enforce payment of…
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