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RED CEDAR LODGE, I.O.O.F. BLDG. ASSO. v. TRUSTEES

7 Wis.2d 500 (1959)

RED CEDAR LODGE, I.O.O.F. BUILDING ASSOCIATION, Respondent, v. TRUSTEES OF GRAND LODGE OF INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Schmitz & Schmitz of Manitowoc, and oral argument by Woodrow A. Schmitz.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Clarence E. Smith of Menomonie.

FAIRCHILD, J.

Sec. 188.01, Stats. (formerly part of ch. 92, R. S. 1898), authorizes the members of any grand lodge or subordinate lodge of a number of fraternal societies, including the Order of Odd Fellows, to elect trustees. By virtue of sec. 188.02, such trustees are to be deemed a corporation. Thus the appellant is a corporation and the trustees of the subordinate Red Cedar Lodge No. 183 constitute a corporation of the same character, authorized by the same provision...

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