Herman v. Plummer

Citations

• 20 Wash. 363
• 55 P. 315
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 533

Syllabus

<p>VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS-CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN MEMBERS-REMEDIES—BY-LAWS.</p> <p>The courts will not assume jurisdiction of a controversy between members of a voluntary, unincorporated association so long as there is an unexhausted remedy within the association itself.</p> <p>A by-law of a national unincorporated organization making the executive committee of the body a court of final appeal in disputed questions arising between members or in and between branches of the order, cannot be presumed to be repealed by the adoption of a new constitution, but must be given effect until repealed, either expressly or by necessary implication.</p>