Flaherty v. Mfrs' Club of Phila.

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

These appeals, raising the same legal question, were argued together. Defendant is the Manufactures’ Club of Philadelphia, organized under the general incorporation act of 1874, P. L. 73, in the class specified in section 2, clause VI, for “the maintenance of a club for social enjoyment.”

Flaherty, whose administratrix is plaintiff in one case, and Schuyler, whose executrix sues in the other, became life members of the club with certificates of membership in the following form: “Certificate of life membership, Number 16, June 17, 1920. Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia.…