The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-07 00:00:00

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EQUITY COUWIII,--Masca S.
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TWITS& V. GO 88888 .
The bill 1$ this wait was Sled by tha trustees of a riga•
el friesilly_exilety ailed dm "Binaieghara District tai
the Origleal Weiverhamptes Loyal Order of Odd Fellows,"
with the view of reetiverieg from the deleadaat, who bad
kegs greed motor, sad for a shoot time secretary et the
&auk' eesietv, throe deposit some sad a sum of 601., to
which the plaint claimed to be ',titled. It appeared by
the rides of the parse' society—which was milled the "
giaal Welmwhampten Loyal Order of Odd Fellowe'—that
if at • particular motels( of the moiety the several lodges,
eempriaing the moral body, did set Fay their arrears of
eshamipties, they were Amid one shilling each member;
if they falls 4 to do so by another meet*, they
Mere ausgestlod ; and if, by a third lodge eicht.
tiesp did set pay, they were " The
Nditelt' Um" 1111da!, of which the &Midas% was a
aiMabeis s„
or " beetbee. • failed to comply with them rules,
Atli wile= smonlily. The funds of the parent and
Moist sad of the kedges, wen all kept distinct.
Tbs Maio ree:ived wee paid through the bands of the
smeary Is Kenn. Aftwesi and Spooner, the hashers, at
alrobtediem.
datelza persest theme patient's gave to
• istraiters berm The defeadaat, when mem
tory. bed paid isle the beak me asessat of the district so-
sisty time arms et 1001.. 1111 W and TUI., misgiving dt
tosimelor them, and had kept Is kb heads &cheque .posi
t.f
ter soda received acs same rte realt After the espulsion
▪ "the Britee's Lice," samewerrespoadesee
tl
bMween the defend's' sad the plehetiff, ia which the Jelin-
Ault styled himself so "isameembar,” and which ended in hie
setaisieg his Inside the three deposit notes and the sum
of 601. ; shish last sum, however, he afterwards deposited
with •Misr! pasty. The plaintiff, insisted oa his handing
and on
the notes over to theta, and paying them the 601.;
his missal so toad fil
Med the present bill.
kir. Selwynr. Osier appeased for the plaistiffs;
Yr. Glasse and Ur. Noonan Were for the daintiest.
The Vics-Ct &smiler said the whole of this dispute sp
mama to seise out of a mistake as to the society's rule,.
The defendant's lodge had been expelled under the general
rake of the society, of which the district smiety wes • part
e-
;
sad his Hosour thought in all such eases es these, the gen
rap society must have the right to make rules f..c the ream.
lades of its eabordieste members. The deiced's' had, is
oseemeenee of the violatios of the rules, bees *s-
pelled ; sot indeed in teem, bet as en iedivi-
deal etembee of his S
ow la that expulsion
the 44•••••1 bad to • ertain comet 'Nei' cod by **Wog
Mewl( ea ea-member, bet he said that the expelled mem-
Wee of the Mattis' society were really the society itself, sad
that the impelling patse were sot the true body. Hie
Hemel thing- ht that view quite eTielieolo, and that the
diettiet satiety, which had tams registered as such, we the
acme as the feigned society ; the question of (avulsion w&e,
is truth. immaterial to the pelmet case, the only point to
be teasidered being, whether the district s.sciety, the ad-
mitted owam of thew deposit aotee ma cash. were properly
sepreseeted by the plaistiffs or the defendant. His
Helmer was el oplawa that the rmiautis properly rem-
seated the fori•ts. sad that the defemlant must deliver to
them the ssii. sad pay them the e.N. sal •-te costs of the