Gorman v. Russell
California Supreme Court
Gorman v. Russell, 18 Cal. 688 (Cal. 1861)
1861 Cal. LEXIS 271
Baldwin
Gorman v. Russell
Opinion of the Court
Field, C. J. concurring.
When this case was here before, (13 Cal. 531) we intimated that if this association, in the acts complained of, retraced their steps on being advised of their duties, and admitted a member and removed the unauthorized restrictions upon the exercise of his rights as a member of the society, the Judge below would be authorized to refuse a dissolution and account. This course seems to have been pursued, and we think the decree of dismissal was right.
Judgment affirmed.
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- The “ Riggers’ and Stevedores’ Union Association of San Francisco ”—a voluntary association for mutual relief—having excluded plaintiffs from the association, because of their refusal to take an oath not required by the constitution or by-laws of the association and foreign to the objects thereof, plaintiffs as members brought suit for dissolution of the association and distribution of its funds, and the Supreme Court having decided on demurrer to the complaint that the association was a partnership, and would be dissolved by a Court of Equity for improperly excluding a member, and the cause having been remanded for further proceedings, the defendants rescinded their resolutions requiring an oath, and filed an answer offering to admit plaintiffs to all their rights and privileges in the association: Held, that this action of the association suffices to prevent a decree of dissolution, and that the bill was properly dismissed.