HILL v. PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE

No. 40,973

183 Kan. 148 (1958)

325 P.2d 334

EDWARD HILL, Appellant, v. THE PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF KANSAS, A FRATERNAL CORPORATION, and P.G. PORTER, Grand Master of said Corporation, and P.G. PORTER, Individually, and WILLIAM H. TOWERS, Deputy Grand Master of said Corporation, and WILLIAM H. TOWERS, Individually, Appellees.

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 brief for the appellant.

P.A. Townsend, of Topeka, argued the cause, and William H. Towers, of Kansas City, was with him on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

JACKSON, J.:

In the court below, appellant filed his action for a declaratory judgment against The Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas, and against certain persons as officers of the Grand Lodge and individually. An original petition and an amended petition were filed in which appellant sought to have the court interpret a certain constitutional provision in the constitution of the Grand Lodge...

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