Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-11
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II the Junior OrQer OnlCeu American
Mechanics, of Virginia, Inc, we fee
hat we should make a brief statement
Of the status of our Order.
On February II, 1900, the Genera
Assembly of Virginia granted our Or
der a charter to do business in thi!
State. At the time there was doing
business in Virginia the National
Council, Junior Order United Amer
can Mechanics.
On the 10Th day OF June, 1901, oul
branch of the Order brought sui
in the Chancery Court of the City o:
Richmond to prohibit the Natlona
branch from using our name, or an.
name of like import, and from uslns
q seal with the name of Jr. U. A. M
on i, and from carrying out the OBJ
iects for which we were organized
On the 21st day of July, 1904, thu
Chancery Court decided that our Oh
der was the only branch authorized
to do business in Virginia, and in it
dscree the following language is used
"And the Court doth further
adjudge, order and decree that the
said National Council of Junior
Order United American Mechan-
!, les of the United States of North
America, and the other defend
ants to the said bill = : : . y ~
be and they are hereby, jointly
and severally, perpetually en-
joined and restrained from con-
tinuing the use within the State
of Virginia of the name of the
State Council of Virginia, Junior
Order United American Mechan-
les of the State of Virginia, or
: any other name of like import
likely to taken for that OF plain
tiff; and from the use of the seal
of said plaintiff within the State
of Virginia; and from carrying
out, within the State Of Virginia,
under the name of the p.aintiiT:
or any name of like import, any
of the objects for which the said
National Council of the Junior
Order of United American Mech
anics Of the United States OF
North America, or the sad VOL
untary Association organ;zed en-
or about the End of March, 1861.
as aforesaid were organ.z d; ard
from using within the State Of
Virginia the name of tie said
plaintiff OF any other name OF like
;mnort m TIE pursuit.: Of the %,
ic:}s fc.' which the said rlaint'H
vas chartered IT.
s.d that the said Nationl: CouH-
cIl 81 the Junior Ord:r OF United
American Mechanics Of the I'm /
ed States of North America, and
the said voluntary association or-
ganized on or about March 2na,
1901, as aforesaid, and their
agents and officers be, and they
are hereby, perpetually snjoined
and restrained from designating
their officers within the State Of
Virginia by the appelations set
forth in the bill used by the plain
tiff for it's officers Or agents, aad
from continuing the usa N the
State Of Virginia of said appel
lations."
The National branch Of the Ordc
fel. itself aggrieved by the deere
above quoted from, and the case W.
appealed to the Supreme Court OF Va
ginia, and then to the highest ccui
in the land-the Supreme Court OF ii.
United States. and was in both O
these latter courts decided iii favor {
our branch of the Order.
The National Branch Of ths Qrd2
then applied to the State Corporate
Commission for a charter aid OF til
18th day Of December, 1906, the san,
was granted to it as the "Virg nj
Branch of the Junior Order Unl!ct
Americans?
Our branch of the Order consider
ing that this was violation of injun;'
ton granted by the Chancery Ccur;
nctit:oned said court to summon til
said officers of the National Branc:
before it to show cause why they
should not be fined for contempt {
court.
This the said Court did, and on In
9Th day of May, 1907 enter-d its dc
cree as follows:
"And the matter OF the said rule
having been fully argued o..
counsel, and maturely considered
by the Court, the Court doth adj
Judge, order and decree that the
respondents to said petition
and each of them have disre-
garded and disobeyed the decree
of this court, entered on the 2lst
day of July, 1904, which has been
heretofore affirmed by the decree
of the Supreme Court o. AD-
peals of Virginia and by the Sill
preme Court of the United States,
in the following respects, viz:
In disobeying the requirements ct
the act of the General Assembly
18th 1900 $ s. . s. and in dis
cbeying so much of said decree as
enioined the carrying out with
in the State Of Virginia under the
name of the plaintiff, or any 9th
err name of like import, any of the
objects for which the National
Council of the Junior Order Of
United American Mechanics Of
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