Denver Chamber of Commerce & Board of Trade v. Green
Colorado Court of Appeals
Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. A corporation, The Denver Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, was organized under the act providing for the creation of corporations for purposes other than those of pecuniary profit and advantage. Subsequently, the defendant in error, Hubert R. Green, became a member on complete compliance with all the prerequisites to membership.
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Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. A corporation, The Denver Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, was organized under the act providing for the creation of corporations for purposes other than those of pecuniary profit and advantage. Subsequently, the defendant in error, Hubert R. Green, became a member on complete compliance with all the prerequisites to membership. Thereafter a disagreement arose between the Chamber of Commerce and its member respecting those relations and over the annual dues which Green was bound to pay by the terms of his membership, and his failure in…
1Opinion of the CourtBissell, J.
The right of the corporation to enforce the payment of *423clues by an action at law is somewhat seriously contested by the defendant in error, although we are cited to no case which directly denies it. The authorities generally concur in holding that the corporation has two remedies, of either of which it may avail itself for the purposes of compelling payment. The common law remedy remains, unless there is a statutory limitation. The doctrine has been referred to in many cases where this was not the sole question, and decided in others where the direct question was presented. United Hebrew…
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