96 N.Y.S. 644 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1905
The plaintiff prays that it be adjudged that he is a member of the defendant, a voluntary unincorporated association, and that the association and its officers be restrained from interfering with his full exercise and enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of membership in the association. The answer admits that prior to October 4, 1900, plaintiff was a member of the Exchange in the enjoyment of the rights incident to such membership; that among the substantial rights of a member in such association is the right to use the Exchange. Plaintiff proved that his expulsion from the Exchange was read from the rostrum on the floor of the Exchange and that he was notified of such expulsion, and that the doorman, whose duty it was to keep persons not entitled to the privileges of the Exchange off