Staffan v. Cigarmakers' International Union of America
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw; Sample, J. Assumpsit by Mary E. Staffan against the Cigar-makers’ International Union of America for the amount of a benefit certificate. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
Plaintiff is the widow of Chauncey L. Staffan. Staffan had been a member of the defendant *2Cigarmakers’ International Union of America since September 15, 1894. He died October 11, 1917. The defendant is an association for the amelioration of labor, commonly called a labor union. It has headquarters in the city of Chicago and is made up of local unions maintained all over the United States, Canada, and Porto Rico, whose members are engaged in the cigarmaking industry. The parent body and the local unions of which it is made up operate under a constitution which the members take an obligation…
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