Lazic v. National Croatian Society

Citations

• 260 Pa. 205
• 103 A. 588
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 494

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial associations — Members—Expulsion—By-laws—Trial— Illegal expulsion — Mandamus—Reinstatement.</p> <p>A mandamus to compel the reinstatement of a member of a beneficial association in the society from which he had been expelled was properly awarded, where it appeared that he had been expelled for an offense against the laws of the order, but where it further appeared that he had not been tried by the tribunal constituted by the by-laws for the trial of such cases, but by another tribunal having no jurisdiction under the laws of the order, and that he had appeared and objected to the jurisdiction of the court which tried him, and had withdrawn without presenting a defense on the merits.</p>