Murray v. Iron Hall of Baltimore City
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 84, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1894, No. 823, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit.
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Appeal, No. 84, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1894, No. 823, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit. Before Willson, J. It appears from the record and evidence that action was brought to recover on a certificate for #1,000 due by the Iron Hall of Indianapolis and assumed by the Iron Hall of Baltimore and that the court directed a verdict for plaintiff, subject to the point as to whether, in view of the failure of the plaintiff to pay a certain assessment at the time it was due under the bylaws of the association, he was entitled to recover.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
The plaintiff was a member of the Iron Hall of Indianapolis, which went into the hands of a receiver in August, 1892. He would have been entitled on November 24, 1892, to withdraw from the order $1,000, less $25.00 precedently received as sick benefits.
On December 22, 1892, he entered into a written agreement with the defendant, the Iron Hall of Baltimore city, by which he surrendered his rights against the Indianapolis society to the Baltimore society, and stipulated, inter alia: “ I hereby agree, in connection therewith, to keep in force the membership in…
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