Dunlap v. Harbinson

Citations

• 66 Pa. Super. 564
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 316

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial .associations — Expulsion of members — Restoration of property■ — E quiiy.</p> <p>Where the constitution and by-laws of a beneficial association provide that charges against a member shall be referred to a committee for report and investigation, and that this committee shall be composed of persons who are members of the body or branch of the order wherein the charges originated, and charges against a member are referred to a, committee, one of the members of which is not a member of the branch wherein the charges originated, the constitution of the committee is illegal, and any action that it may take is illegal and void.</p> <p>Where the by-laws of a state lodge of a beneficial association provide for the appointment of deputy grand masters, who shall succeed to the office of the grand master when such office becomes vacant, and be vested with the powers and authorities of that office, the action of the supreme grand master of the general association in appointing a person as grand master of the state lodge who is not a deputy grand master, is wholly invalid, and any acts of such appointee in connection with expulsion of members are wholly void and illegal.</p>