Ocean Castle v. Smith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

William B. Smith was a member of Ocean Castle, No. 11, Knights of the Golden Eagle, in good standing and in receipt of weekly benefits on account of illness, under a beneficial provision of the castle. The castle stopped its payments of benefits upon a mistake in its method of bookkeeping. The facts found by the Court of Common Pleas, to whom this certiorari was directed, establish the right of Smith to the arrears of benefits, the only question being whether he can maintain this suit in the civil courts without first having had recourse to…