Hunt v. Northern Central Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the Northern Central Railway Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Broome on the 10th day of April, 1906, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Broome Special Term, adjudging the plaintiff to be entitled to recover $198.60 and in addition fifty' cents per day, payable monthly, during his natural life from the Pennsylvania…
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Appeal by the defendants, the Northern Central Railway Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Broome on the 10th day of April, 1906, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Broome Special Term, adjudging the plaintiff to be entitled to recover $198.60 and in addition fifty' cents per day, payable monthly, during his natural life from the Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief Fund, so called.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
Plaintiff, while a member of the Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief Fund, so called, which is administered by the defendants, lost his arm hy accident while in the service of the Northern Central Railway Company. The Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief Department maintains a fund, which is. contributed by its members, for' the relief of members sustaining injury while in the service of the Pennsylvania railroad or its subsidiary companies. The regulations governing the relief fund provide, among other things: “ 42. Members will be entitled to the following benefits: First, payments while…
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