Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Free, Ancient, & Accepted Masons v. Grimshaw

Citations

• 34 App. D.C. 383
• 1910 U.S. App. LEXIS 5815

Syllabus

<p>Equity; Simulation op Names; Fraternal Associations.</p> <p>1. The principle upon which courts of equity proceed in restraining the simulation of names is not that there is property acquired by one party in the name, but to prevent fraud and deception in the dealing with the party charged with the simulation of the name by another in a similar bush •• or manufacture. (Following Original La Tosca Social Club v. La Tosca Social Club, 23 App. D. C. 96.)</p> <p>2. Equity does not exercise jurisdiction to inquire into and adjudicate the right of different associations for charitable or religious objects to hold themselves out to be the original and only accredited representatives of some particular order or religious system. There must be some pecuniary injury resulting from the use of a name that may have been adopted by another, to warrant inquiry and justify relief. The injury must not be fanciful or sentimental, but real. It must be substantial, such as a court of equity, upon principles of justice, will interpose to prevent. {Ibid.) .</p>