State v. International Fraternal Alliance

This is the second time the Governor of the State has felt called on to *668direct the institution of proceedings for the forfeiture of the charter of this defendant corporation. In the first proceeding, in 1893, Judge Wickes, sitting as of this Court, after a thorough examination into the character of this organization, and in a clear and forcible opinion, determined that it was, in violation of its charter, conducting an insurance business under the guise of a beneficial order, and he signed a decree forfeiting its charter.

The Court of Appeals concurred fully with Judge Wickes in the…