Expressman's Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Hurlock
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas (Stockbridge, J.), for $1,967.60. The defendant’s fourth plea set forth that the defendant was organized under the laws of the State of New York; that its principal office is located in Elmira, New York; that the fund sued for in this case was and always has been in the State of New York ; that after the death of Charles H. Ehrman, the fund payable under the certificates issued to him was claimed by the sons of the said…
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Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas (Stockbridge, J.), for $1,967.60. The defendant’s fourth plea set forth that the defendant was organized under the laws of the State of New York; that its principal office is located in Elmira, New York; that the fund sued for in this case was and always has been in the State of New York ; that after the death of Charles H. Ehrman, the fund payable under the certificates issued to him was claimed by the sons of the said deceased, also by the executor of his will, also by the administrator as well as the residuary legatee of Mrs. Eliza E.…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
On the ninth day of September, 1899, the plaintiff, as administrator de bonis non c. t. a. of Eliza E. Ehrman, brought suit in the Superior Court of Baltimore City on two certificates or policies of insurance for $1,000 each, issued to Charles H. Ehrman, by the Expressman’s Mutual Benefit Association, a corporation formed under the laws of New York, and doing business in this State, being represented here by an agent who resides in the city of Baltimore. The defendant corporation was formed for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit — its object being the…
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