Gaines v. Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum

Citations

• 140 F. 978
• 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 4871

Syllabus

<p>Insubance — Ft? a tft?tsta t. Benefit Association — Right to Change Rate of Assessment — Injunction.</p> <p>The action of the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, which is a fraternal beneficiary association organized, under the laws of Massachusetts, where it has its domicile and chief office, in so amending its by-laws and regulations as to change its system of assessments, -by which the rate of assessment on its older members is increased, is not so clearly in violation of the contract rights of such members under the laws of Massachusetts as to authorize a court in another state to interfere by injunction.</p>