Rodrigues ex rel. Garcia v. Portuguese Mutual Benefit Society

DISSENTING OPINION OF

FREAR, C.J.

The question, as it seems to me, comes down to one of general power — whether the society could, after the expiration of the time originally prescribed but still within the life of the member, extend the time during which he must have been a member in good standing paying his dues and receiving no benefits in order to entitle his children under twelve years of age to a pension after his death. It is impossible to hold as a matter of construction that the amendment applied only to ■future members or only to such members and members of less than ten years’…