Wirsching v. Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Yice-Ohaneellor Stevens, who filed the following conclusions: The proofs in this case appear to present a case of mistake. The facts are, briefly, these: The complainant was for fifteen years in the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, as a laborer. He is seventy-one years of age, and owing to a physical infirmity became incapacitated for work.
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On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Yice-Ohaneellor Stevens, who filed the following conclusions: The proofs in this case appear to present a case of mistake. The facts are, briefly, these: The complainant was for fifteen years in the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, as a laborer. He is seventy-one years of age, and owing to a physical infirmity became incapacitated for work. Some of his friends suggested that he apply for admission to the home of the grand lodge, in Burlington. He had been a member of the Herman lodge, 'a subordinate society, for thirty…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam.
The decree in the above cause is affirmed, for the reasons given by Vice-Chancellor Stevens in the court of chancery.
For affirmance — The Ci-iiee-Justice, Dixon, Foet, Pitney, Swayze, Vredenburgh — 6.
For reversal — Garrison, Vroom, Green, Gray — 4.
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