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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. MIMS.

No. 345.

241 U.S. 574 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 702

60 L.Ed. 1179

SUPREME LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. MIMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.M. Crane, with whom Mr. H.P. Brown, Mr. Edwin Crane, Mr. James P. Goodrich, Mr. Ward H. Watson, Mr. James E. Watson and Mr. Sol. H. Esarey were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Lawrence C. McBride, with whom Mr. Joseph E. Cockrell, Mr. Thomas F. West and Mr. Edward Gray were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit against a corporation chartered by Congress on June 29, 1894 (c. 119; 28 Stat. 96), to recover all sums paid by the plaintiff, the defendant in error, to the defendant and its predecessors; the ground alleged being that the defendant, the plaintiff in error, has demanded monthly dues in excess of its rights and thereby has entitled the plaintiff to recover all that he had paid, with interest.

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