In re Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county : Of October and November Term 1885, No. 91. This was, in the court below, a petition by the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Pennsylvania, signed by Joseph C. Smith, Grand Master Workman, under the seal of the Lodge and duly attested by Joseph M. McNair, Grand Recorder, praying for certain amendments and alterations in the charter of said order.
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Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county : Of October and November Term 1885, No. 91. This was, in the court below, a petition by the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Pennsylvania, signed by Joseph C. Smith, Grand Master Workman, under the seal of the Lodge and duly attested by Joseph M. McNair, Grand Recorder, praying for certain amendments and alterations in the charter of said order. The petition, which was presented on February 27th, 1885, set forth that the petitioner, The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Pennsylvania,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
This case assumed a much wider range on the argument than we are permitted to take in disposing of it. The certiorari brings up for review nothing except the record proper, *619which consists of the petition presented by “ The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Pennsylvania,” praying for the approval of certain alterations and amendments of its charter, the objections filed thereto, and the orders of court made in the premises. Our inquiry is necessarily restricted to what appears on the face of these recorded proceedings ; and that too for the purpose of passing upon their…
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