Thompson v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the MacCabees of the World
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered June 6, 1906, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered June 6, 1906, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The defendant was clearly responsible for its acts; it was not wholly a question as to what individuals did, it was the tent, the organization which 'was created by the defendant. As to the question of the tent being the servant and agent of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff during his initiation into one of the defendant’s subordinate tents. The evidence tends to show that in January, 1903, the plaintiff made an application, in writing, to be admitted to a beneficiary membership in Hopewell Tent, 27o. 305, of the Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees pf the World, and that a benefit certificate issue for $500, payable to his wife. This application was subsequently approved by the medical officers, and plaintiff was elected to membership in…
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