Mangels v. Schoen

McAdam, Ch. J.

Voluntary unincorported associations (like the defendant herein) are commonly called joint stock companies, and may, by force of the statute, sue and be sued in the name of the president or treasurer for the time being. While not corporations, they possess many of the attributes peculiar to corporations. While the members, as between themselves, are not partners, they are-subject to many of the legal liabilities and disabilities of partners. But, as between an individual member on. the one hand and the association in its official capacity on the other, it is to be regarded as a…