Legal Opinion
Sebastian v. Quarter Century Club of United Shoe Machinery Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 7, 1951PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The defendant is a corporation formed under G. L. c. 180, having members but no stockholders and no assets except cash derived from dues and ten shares of stock of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. The purpose of its organization is purely social. The qualifications for membership, according to the by-laws, are service for twenty-five years in the “actual active” employ of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries.
The plaintiff lives in New Hampshire, and is employed by such a subsidiary which has its plant in New Hampshire and is engaged in interstate…
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