Holt

Plaintiff, Owen J. Holt, brought this action against defendants, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Benefit Association (“Association”) and its officers, seeking a determination that the amendment to the Association’s constitution and by-laws adopted by the general membership of the Association on October 6, 1964, which amendment provided for the dissolution of the Association and the distribution of its assets, was null and void; further seeking injunctive relief to prevent defendants from disbursing the Association’s funds in accordance with this amendment; and finally seeking a decree of the court terminating the existence of the Association and distributing the funds of the Association to each of its members. The trial court having entered a judgment declaring the validity of the amendment passed by the Association and the validity of the method which the Association had adopted for the distribution of its assets, and further ordering on its own motion and independent of the acts of the membership in passing this amendment that the Association be terminated and that its assets be distributed in accordance with its constitution and by-laws, plaintiff appeals from this…