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MASONIC GRAND CHAP. OF ORDER OF EAST. STAR v. SWEATT

No. 16045.

329 S.W.2d 334 (1959)

MASONIC GRAND CHAPTER OF ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, Appellant, v. Jewel B. SWEATT, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brewster, Pannell, Leeton & Dean, Beale Dean and Henry E. Kerry, Jr., Fort Worth, for appellant.

Ernest May, Fort Worth, for appellee.

BOYD, Justice.

Masonic Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star appeals from a summary declaratory judgment holding null and void an order of appellant attempting to expel Jewel B. Sweatt from the Order of the Eastern Star.

Appellant is a fraternal and benevolent organization, incorporated without capital stock. Appellee was a member of a subordinate chapter, and it was admitted had she remained a member until her death, her beneficiaries would be entitled...

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