220 F. 660 | 8th Cir. | 1915
In November, 1904, John W. Talbot, George D. Beroth, and five other persons signed a constitution by which they and those who subsequently became members agreed with each other to be bound, and organized a voluntary secret ritualistic degree association under the name the “Order of Owls.” The constitution provided that the object of the order should be the advancement of its members socially, morally, intellectually, and otherwise, that the governing body of the association should be the “Home Nest,” which should consist of the organizers thereof and of their successors, elected by the unanimous vote of the survivors to fill any vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal of any member; that the legislative power of the order was vested in the Home Nest sitting in January of each year; that.the sole executive power of the order was vested in the Home Nest when it was in session, and when it was not in session in the Supreme President, who should be elected by