352.010. Incorporation of benevolent associations. - Missouri Statutes

Incorporation of benevolent associations.

352.010. Any number of persons not less than three, whoshall have associated themselves by articles of agreement inwriting, as a society, company, association or organizationformed for benevolent, religious, scientific,fraternal-beneficial, or educational purposes, may beconsolidated and united into a corporation. Such articles ofagreement may be organic regulations, or a constitution, or otherform of association, and any corporate name, not already assumedby another corporation, may be chosen as the title of thecorporation; provided, always, that the purpose and scope of theassociation be clearly and fully set forth.

(RSMo 1939 § 5436)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 4996; 1919 § 10264; 1909 § 3432

CROSS REFERENCES:

Firemen's pension and relief association, who may form, RSMo 87.495

Training school for minors, how organized, provisions relating to powers and duties, RSMo 210.360 to 210.470

(1967) Hospital, which had originally been founded as pro forma corporation, and which had amended its charter in accordance with the general not-for-profit statutes to provide that corporation was to operate hospital for certain named charitable purposes and that no part of net earnings would inure to benefit of any private individual was immune under charitable immunity doctrine from liability in negligence action brought by patient. Koprivica v. Bethesda General Hospital (Mo.), 410 S.W.2d 84.