Nelligan v. New York Typographical Union No. 6

McAdam, Ch. J.

The contention is that in order to make the defendants liable for the benefits promised in and by article XI., section 1 of its constitution, the *262deceased. must not only have been a member of the defendant’s. Union for .one .year immediately .preceding death, but must have been “ continuously in good standing” for six months immediately preceding thereto as well—that, having failed to pay his dues for May and June, 1885, on or before the first day of the next succeeding month, as required by article X., section 1, of the constitution he “lost his good standing in the Union,” and…