Fritz v. Muck
New York Supreme Court
1. The defendant Michael Muck was during the years 1878 and 1879 the president of a German voluntary joint association, named in the complaint herein, consisting of about ninety members, who resided at Syracuse, New York, and who were jointly possessed of, interested in and entitled to, certain property accumulated by said society from initiation fees, dues aná assessments collected from the members. 2. The purposes and objects of this association were to promote…
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1. The defendant Michael Muck was during the years 1878 and 1879 the president of a German voluntary joint association, named in the complaint herein, consisting of about ninety members, who resided at Syracuse, New York, and who were jointly possessed of, interested in and entitled to, certain property accumulated by said society from initiation fees, dues aná assessments collected from the members. 2. The purposes and objects of this association were to promote Christianity and to encourage an observance of the Catholic religion, and to secure to the various members of said association…
1Opinion of the CourtMerwin, J.
— The defendant Muck is the president of an incorporated association, consisting of about, ninety members, formed for the purpose, among other things, of furnishing aid to its members in sickness, and having a fend arising from the payment of initiation fees, fines and assessments.
The plaintiff became a member in 1869, and continued to be such till the 28th of July, 1878, when the association, at a regular meeting, passed a resolution expelling him on account of being falsely sick. The plaintiff had, from about May first to July tenth, received the weekly benefit allowed to the sick. This…
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