... IMPORTANT DECISION AFFECTING FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. JOEN O'GAUNT LODGE, LANCASTER, V. JOHN BELL, A BANKRUPT. On Tuesday, at the Preston County Court, the Judge (W. A. Hulton, Esq.), gave judgment in the case heard in that Court on the 3rd July, under the Friendly Societies Act, in which the John O' Gaunt Lodge of Oddfellows, Lancaster, were the plaintiffs, and John Bell, treasurer to the lodge ...