Burbank v. Boston Police Relief Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contbact to recover $1000, alleged to be due the plaintiff as- the beneficiary of John W. Morey, deceased, who during his lifetime was a member of the defendant corporation. Trial in the Superior Court, before Knowlton, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtW. Allen, J.
The defendant was incorporated by the St. of 1876, a. 16, “for the purptise of assisting the families of deceased members of said association, and the members thereof, when sick or disabled, or upon the decease of their wives.” It was required that all the members should be members of the police department of the city of Boston.
It was provided by article 1 of the by-laws, adopted in 1877, that the corporation should- be composed of members of the police department of the city of Boston; and that, “ when a member leaves the police department by resignation, discharge, or from any cause…
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