Schriner v. Sachs

Citations

• 253 Pa. 611
• 98 A. 724
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 897

Syllabus

<p>' Beneficial associations — Supreme and subordinate councils — Withdrawal of majority — Rigid of minority — Equity—Injunction.</p> <p>In a suit in equity brought by a minority of the members of a subordinate council of a beneficial association to compel the surrender of certain assets of the subordinate council which had been appropriated by the majority, it appeared that the parent body had been incorporated in New Jersey and had surrendered its charter and had subsequently obtained a charter in Pennsylvania; that after the surrender of the New Jersey charter apd before the completion of the Pennsylvania incorporation, a majority of the members of the subordinate council had withdrawn from the parent body taking with them the assets óf the council and affiliated themselves with another body. The lower court decided that the surrender of the New Jersey «hartar did not warrant the dissolution of the order to such an extent as to authorize the diversion of the property and assets of subordinate bodies to purposes other than those authorized by the rules and regulations of the parent body, and awarded the relief prayed for. Held, no error.</p>