McAlees v. Supreme Sitting
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
January Term, 1888, No. 111, E. D. Error to Common Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia County to review a judgment discharging a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in an action of assumpsit, June term, 1887, No. 492. In this action James K. McAlees, a member of the Local Praneh, No. 201, Order of the Iron Hall, having been totally disabled by sickness for a period of upwards of twenty weeks, claimed under a certificate issued to him by the Supreme…
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January Term, 1888, No. 111, E. D. Error to Common Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia County to review a judgment discharging a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in an action of assumpsit, June term, 1887, No. 492. In this action James K. McAlees, a member of the Local Praneh, No. 201, Order of the Iron Hall, having been totally disabled by sickness for a period of upwards of twenty weeks, claimed under a certificate issued to him by the Supreme Sitting, Order of the Iron Hall, sick benefits, amounting to $500, at the rate of $25 per week, for twenty weeks' continuous…
1Per curiam
Under the -affidavit of defense filed in this case, the court could not have given judgment for the plaintiff, inasmuch as if on the tidal the facts therein set forth are proved to be true, the defendant will be entitled to a verdict. We have often held that a member of a beneficial society must resort, for the correction of an alleged wrong, to the tribunals of his order, and that the judgment of such tribunals, when resulting fairly from the application of the rules of the society, is final and conclusive.
Judgment affirmed and procedendo awarded.
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