Wolf v. District Grand Lodge No. 6, I. O. B. B.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent. (Grove, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the ■opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
McGrath, O. J.
The Independent Order of B’nai *25B’rith is a fraternal organization. Defendant is one of a number of subordinate organizations known as “ district grand lodges,” Jiaving authority to institute lodges,»and exercising certain independent powers not in conflict with the laws promulgated by the parent organization. Each district grand lodge has jurisdiction over certain lodges in its district, and each district seems to have carried on, within itself, entirely independent of the parent organization and also of the other districts, -a system of insurance on the assessment plan.…
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