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PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE v. MOST WORSHIPFUL K.S.G.L.

No. 6143.

308 P.2d 581 (1957)

62 N.M. 255

PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, New Mexico, a Corporation, a Fraternal Order, Elijah Johnson, Grand Master, Henry Hart, Deputy Grand Master, M.C. Rhoten, Grand Treasurer, and James W. Woods, Jr., Grand Secretary suing as Officers of Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, New Mexico, A Corporation, A Fraternal Order, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MOST WORSHIPFUL KING SOLOMON GRAND LODGE, A.F. & A.M. (COLORED) of New Mexico and Jurisdiction and Queen Esther Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, A Corporation, N. W. Jones, Grand Master, Horace Weathers, Grand Treasurer, E.M. McKinzie, Grand Secretary, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald D. Hallam, Hobbs, for appellants.

Wilson & Ahern, Albuquerque, Amos T. Hall, Tulsa, Okl., for appellees.

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellee seeks to restrain appellant from holding itself out as the Masonic Grand Lodge, Colored, for the jurisdiction of New Mexico, and to restrain the use by it of the name "Free and Accepted Masons of New Mexico" and "A.F. and A.M. (Colored)" of New Mexico, also to restrain appellant from using the insignia, signs, symbols, and rituals commonly associated with Masonry. Appellant responded by a general...

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