JESSIE v. BOYNTON


372 Mass. 293 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 1267

PAULA JESSIE & others vs. FREEMAN BOYNTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Berger (John Gresham with him) for the plaintiffs.

Philip M. Cronin for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

On September 9, 1974, the members of the defendant Jordan Hospital Corporation (hospital) purported to adopt new corporate by-laws which provided, for the first time, that employees of the hospital, their spouses, and children constitute a separate class of members ineligible to vote. The plaintiffs brought this proceeding to challenge the propriety of the purported by-law change. We conclude that the members lawfully could vote on the proposed by-laws...

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