TRAUTWEIN v. HARBOURT


40 N.J. Super. 247 (1956)

123 A.2d 30

CAROLINE D. TRAUTWEIN, ET ALS., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. CLIFFORD HARBOURT, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Green argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants (Mr. Arthur S. Kelsey, attorney).

Mr. John Claud Simon argued the cause for defendant-respondent Bertha Leatham.

Mr. Baruch S. Seidman argued the cause for defendant-respondent Anna Carroll.

Mr. August C. Ullrich argued the cause for the remaining defendants-respondents (Messrs. Burton and Seidman and George L. Burton, attorneys).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, FREUND and CONFORD.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CONFORD, J.A.D.

The first question to be decided here is whether the plaintiffs were expelled, individually and as a subordinate chapter, from the Order of the Eastern Star, a fraternal organization of New Jersey, or, rather, whether they were denied admission thereto. As we shall show, the case presented is essentially one of exclusion rather than expulsion. On this premise...

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