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JOHNSON v. PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE

No. 40,972

183 Kan. 141 (1958)

325 P.2d 45

E.F. JOHNSON, W.M. FRYE, EDWARD HILL, SHELLIE E. McCLENDON, O.W. BURKS, EDWARD PRUITT, CLIFFORD WOODS, HENRY CALLAHAN, KENNETH BRASHEARS, WILBERT HOUCKS and TIAMON LEWIS, Appellants, v. THE PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF KANSAS AND ITS JURISDICTION, A Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 10, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer C. Jackson, Jr., of Kansas City, argued the cause, and James P. Davis, of Kansas City, was with him on the briefs for appellants.

P.A. Townsend, of Topeka, and William H. Towers, of Kansas City, argued the cause and were on the briefs for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

The action was one of mandamus to compel the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas and Its Jurisdiction, to set aside orders of suspension entered against the eleven plaintiffs and to reinstate them to membership. The district court issued an alternative writ of mandamus, which was discharged following a hearing of defendant's supplemental motion to quash. The plaintiffs have appealed...

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