Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 457. Fraternal Associations § 457.452

Sec. 2. When the foregoing requirements are complied with, the tent shall be a body corporate by the name expresed  1 in such articles, and by that name shall be a person in the law capable of suing and being sued in courts, and of taking and holding property of every kind the same as natural persons, and a copy of said articles of association, duly certified by the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce in whose possession they are, shall be conclusive evidence in all courts and places, of the existence and due incorporation of such tent.