Fugure v. Mutual Society of St. Joseph
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit to recover certain sums of money claimed to be payable by virtue of certain by-laws of the defendant. The action was commenced in the city court of Burlington, and came to the county court by appeal. Plea, the general issue, with an agreement that it should embrace all matters of defence arising under the following statement of facts, upon which the case was tried.
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Assumpsit to recover certain sums of money claimed to be payable by virtue of certain by-laws of the defendant. The action was commenced in the city court of Burlington, and came to the county court by appeal. Plea, the general issue, with an agreement that it should embrace all matters of defence arising under the following statement of facts, upon which the case was tried. The plaintiff is the widow of Isaac Fugure, who became a member of the defendant society on the 5th of January, 1862. Said society was then a voluntary, unincorporated association, having been founded and established in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
The declaration counts upon a promise made to the deceased husband of the plaintiff, and upon a consideration moving from him, that defendant would pay to the wife a certain daily stipend in case of the husband’s decease. At the time the husband became a member, the society was a voluntary association, formed under certain by-laws and articles of agreement. Before his death the society was incorporated by act of the legislature. Both the articles of association and the act of incorporation provided for altering and amending the by-laws..
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