Born v. Perkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiffs, Wallac Bom and another, for a new trial upon a case contáining exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon a dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiffs’ case after a trial before the court and a jury at the Albany Trial Term in January, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The complaint in this action- alleges that the Cigarmakers’ International Union of America is an unincorporated association having an insurance benefit, and that one James Born was a member of a local union in the city of New York, in good standing, at the time of his death on the 4th day of May; 1909, and had been a member in good standing for a period of fifteen years. Section 146 of the by-laws, it is claimed, provides that if the member has been such member for fifteen consecutive years the beneficiaries named or provided by law shall be entitled to receive $550 on his death.…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Lukazewski v. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the WorldMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Bergkvist v. Supreme Council of the Royal ArcanumCity of New York Municipal Court · 1943
- Reichle v. . PerkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1922