Case Name: SIMMELINK v. SUPREME COURT I. O. F.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-07-09
Citations: 136 N.Y.S. 527
Docket Number: 
Parties: SIMMELINK v. SUPREME COURT I. O. F.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 136
Pages: 527–532

Head Matter:
SIMMELINK v. SUPREME COURT I. O. F.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
July 9, 1912.)
Appeal from Trial Term, Monroe County.
Action for injunction by Henry J. Simmelink against the Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters. From a judgment for plaintiff at Trial Term (71 Mise. Rep. 535, 130 N. Y. Supp. 803), defendant appeals.
Reversed, and new trial granted.
Argued before McLENNAN, P. J., and SPRING, KRUSE, ROBSON, and FOOTE, JJ.
John Desmond, of Rochester, for appellant.
James M. E. O’Grady, of Rochester, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held: (1) That the action is prematurely brought; (2) that the right of the defendant to increase its rates is controlled by the laws of Canada, and not by the laws of this state. All concur, except SPRING and KRUSE, JJ., who dissent in an opinion by SPRING, J.