Tyler

J.—The plaintiffs are holders of membership privileges in the defendant Park Ridge Country Club[ a corporation organized for and engaged in the business of' promoting and furnishing to such membership participants, facilities for outdoor sports and the enjoyment of social intercourse and good fellowship.

Plaintiffs brought this action for themselves and other membership participants, to prevent the corporation and its directors from diverting the service of the club from the exclusive use of the members of the Caucasian race, and from selling its stock and extending its privileges to members of the negro race.

The action is brought and maintained under a complaint in equity, asking the appointment of a receiver to conduct and administer the affairs of the corporation in the protection of the exclusive rights of the Caucasians to its privileges. The court made the order appointing a receiver on an ex parte application upon the complaint filed herein, and without notice to the defendants.

The complaint alleges in part as follows:

The complaint contains further allegations indicating that the present membership acquired its rights in reliance upon the existing race restrictions,…