60 BULLETIN 1106, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
However, all rules of the association relative to expulsion must be 
followed. 87 
The constitution or by-laws of the association may place the entire 
matter of disciplining, suspending, or expelling members in a com- 
mittee or like body. 8S Such a provision in the constitution or by- 
laws, like other legal provisions in such instruments, is binding upon 
all members assenting to them. 
It has been said with reference to unincorporated associations that 
the " Courts never interfere except to ascertain whether or not the 
proceeding was pursuant to the rules and laws of the societj^, whether 
or not the proceeding was in good faith, and whether or not there 
was anything in the proceeding in violation of the law of the land." 89 
It is believed this states the general rule. 
WITHDRAWING OR EXPELLED MEMBERS RECEIVE NOTHING. 
In the absence of a contract or statute on the subject, the rule ap- 
pears to be settled that those who withdraw 90 or are expelled 91 from 
an unincorporated association are not entitled to compensation for 
their interest in the association and that they thereby lose all rights 
in the property of the association. 92 Although a majority of the 
members of an association withdraw, the right of those who remain 
to continue the association appears clear, and this right carries with 
it the right to the property of the association. 93 In a Michigan case 94 
it was said : 
It has been many times decided that persons who withdraw from a voluntary 
association are not entitled to any portion of its property, and that those who 
remain have the right to the property of the association and its use so long as 
any of the members remain, and clearly withdrawing members ought not to 
decide the right of those not withdrawing to continue the association. 
DISSOLUTION. 
In the absence of a statutory or contractual provision to the con- 
trary an unincorporated association can be dissolved only by unani- 
mous consent of the members. 95 Upon the dissolution of an unin- 
corporated association, unless otherwise provided by its rules, its 
property after payments of its debts should be distributed pro rata 
among those who were members at the time of such dissolution. 96 
87 Farmer v. Board of Trade, 78 Mo. App. 565 ; Kelley r. Grand Circle W. of W., 40 
Wash. 693, 82 Pac. 1007. 
88 Harris v. Aiken, 76 Kan. 516, 92 Pac. 537. 
50 Kelley v. Grand Circle of Woodcraft, 40 Wash. 691, 82 Pac. 1007. 
90 Richardson v. Harsha, 22 Okla. 405, 98 Pac. 897; see al^o Schwartz v. Duss. 1S7 
U. S. 8. 
91 Missouri Bottlers Assn. v. Fennerty, 81 Mo. App. 525. 
92 Cases cited above. 
93 McFadden v. Murphy, 149 Mass. 341, 21 N. E. S68 ; Altman v. Benz, 27 N. J. Eq. 
331. 
°* Walters v. Pittsburgh & Lake Angeline Iron Co., 201 Mich. 379, 167 N. W. 834. 
* z Sommers v. Reynolds, 103 Mich. 307, 61 N. W, C01 ; Parks v. Knickerbocker Trust 
Co., 122 N. Y. S. 521. 
98 Cases last cited. 
