Laflin v. State ex rel. Gray

Post, 0. J.

This was an application for a writ of mandamus, addressed to the district court for Lancaster county. It appears from the allegations of the relators that they are members in good standing of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, “a fraternal and benevolent secret society, order, or association issuing fraternal insurance to the members thereof,” and that there are within this state numerous subordinate lodges of said order, under the immediate jurisdiction of a grand lodge, the latter being, in authority, subordinate to a supreme lodge. The constitution, a copy of which accompanies…