Viner v. Manor Country Club, Inc.

Appellant Robert V. Viner filed two similar suits in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in which he sought injunctions to restrain appellee Manor Country Club, Inc. (a private social club) from suspending his privileges as a member. Compensatory and punitive damages were also requested. He alleged that the attempted suspension resulted from his refusal to pay all of his dues, but that a substantial portion of these dues were assessed by the club’s board of governors in violation of the club’s constitution and by-laws. The first suit filed was No. 34,118 in the Circuit Court and is No.…