Legal Opinion
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners v. McLain
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 4, 1946No. 343PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Earl McLain was a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, a labor union, and ■after his death action was brought by his son to recover from the Brotherhood a funeral donation or benefit of $300. From a judgment against the Brotherhood, it has appealed.
It is conceded by the Brotherhood that the amount claimed is payable, unless the right to the donation was lost by decedent’s failure to pay his monthly dues within the time fixed therefor by the Constitution and Laws of the Brotherhood.
The decedent did not pay his monthly dues of $2 during…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. State Bank of NCSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- McDuffie v. Lynchburg Shoe Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- McGillon v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of AmericaSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1913
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. DinkleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1904
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1942
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