Legal Opinion
Villone v. Perticara
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided February 15, 1909PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment in favor of the defendant, rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of Few York, first district, borough of Manhattan, after a trial before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The defendant is a benefit society, and the action is brought to recover a so-called “ sick benefit ” under-provisions of its by-laws which read as follows:
*258“ The Society grants sick benefits in all cases of sickness barring any sickness admittedly chronic or pre-existent to the time of the patient’s admission to membership * * *.
“ In respect to their proportions, the allowances granted by the Society are to be divided as follows: -Each member shall be entitled to $7.00 a week for any ordinary sickness exceeding three days, np to a period of three months.”
The plaintiff testified that he was a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kelly v. Ancient Order of HiberniansNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1880
3Cited by4 opinions
- Murray Hospital v. AngroveMontana Supreme Court · 1932
- Fazekas v. Perth Amboy Holy Mary Roman Catholic Sick Benefit SocietyUnited States District Court · 1935
- Conlon v. Northern Life InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1939
- Mis v. Polish Society of Knights of St. Casimir, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1937