Davis v. Young

The plaintiff has recovered judgment for $95 upon 33 certificates of indebtedness issued by the defendant for strike benefits. The defendant is a voluntary unincorporated association of more than seven members. It is well settled that an action of this kind may be maintained only if all the members of the association are severally or jointly liable to pay the plaintiff the amount of his claim.

It appears that the plaintiff was a member of the defendant association; that he went out on strike by order of the association, and that he was promised by some person, not designated, that he would be…