GRAND LODGE v. UNION LODGE

No. 6176.

111 N.H. 241 (1971)

GRAND LODGE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, I.O.O.F. & a. v. UNION LODGE NO. 32 OF DEERFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, I.O.O.F. & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

June 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nixon, Christy & Tessier (Mr. Thomas J. Tessier orally) for the plaintiffs.

Wayne J. Mullavey (by brief) for the defendants.


KENISON, C.J.

The principal issue in this case is whether a local lodge of Odd Fellows may convey its real estate, without the consent of the Grand Lodge, to a realty association whose president and members included all members of the local lodge who executed the deed. The authorities in this field for the most part tend to be ancient, uncertain and sparse. "Unincorporated associations long have been a problem to the law . . . . The most baffling of all are the non...

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