IN RE PHILADELPHIA CONSISTORY S. P. ROYAL SECRET 32°, ETC.

No. 21745.

40 F.Supp. 645 (1941)

In re PHILADELPHIA CONSISTORY SUBLIME PRINCES ROYAL SECRET 32° ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 4, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, of Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

James A. Walker and J. Webster Jones, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for bankrupt.


KALODNER, District Judge.

The question involved is whether an unincorporated fraternal association not conducted for profit may file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. (The parties have eliminated the controversy whether the association in question is a "moneyed, business, or commercial" organization.)

The matter comes before me on petition to dismiss the voluntary petition, answer and amended answer, and reply to amended answer. I am considering the voluntary...

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