Lund v. Masonic Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Action by Theresa Maria Lund against the Masonic Association! of Western New York on two benefit certificates issued by defendant. A verdict was directed in favor of defendant at the circuit court, Erie county, and plaintiff moves for a new trial, on exceptions ordered to be heard at general term in the first instance. Denied.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought upon two certificates issued by the defendant to Henning D. Lund in his lifetime, in which the defendant undertook to pay the plaintiff, as the wife of Lund, the sum of $2,000 upon the certificate issued in Class B, and the sum of $3,000 upon the certificate issued in Class C, upon satisfactory proofs of his death; payments to be made by the association by an assessment upon its members, levied in accordance with its by-laws. The certificates were dated June 23, 1890. Upon the trial it was conceded that an assessment under the first certificate would have realized the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Buffalo Loan, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Knights Templar & Masonic Mutual Aid Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- B.L., T. S.D. Co. v. . K.T. M.M.A. Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
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- Barsi v. SimpsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1916
- Alger v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- In re the Probate of the Will of BoyleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1947