Polk v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn. of NY
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. In this case the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Cir-, cuit certified certain questions of law upon which it desired instruction. ' Such part of the statement accompanying the questions as we .find material and the questions themselves follow: “The above-named appellants filed their bill in equity in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, praying for the appointment…
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. In this case the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Cir-, cuit certified certain questions of law upon which it desired instruction. ' Such part of the statement accompanying the questions as we .find material and the questions themselves follow: “The above-named appellants filed their bill in equity in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, praying for the appointment of a receiver of both defendants, the winding up of both defendants, an accounting to ascertain the interests of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
' The Mutual Reserve Fund Association of New York (hereinafter called the Association) was originally incorporated under Chap. 267 of the Laws of New York of 1875. The certificate of incorporation stated the purposes of the Association to be to provide “benefits for families and others dependent . . . by means of voluntary contributions . . . and to provide a fund for the common and exclusive benefit of all members.” In 1883 the Association reincorporated under Ghap. 175, Laws of 1883, and while this charter was in existence the complainants became members, and'policyholders. That law…
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