Schroeder v. Amalgamated Ass'n of Street & Electric Ry. Employees

The question presented is whether a clause in the charter of the defendant association, exempting the association from liability for a death benefit for the death “of a member whose death or disability has been caused while on duty as a soldier,” is applicable to the case of a member who died while serving in the United States navy. In other words, does the term “soldier,” according to the context of the exemption, mean a man enlisted in the navy, as well as a man enlisted in the army?

Plaintiff’s brother, Clarence E. Schroeder, while a member of the defendant association, enlisted in the…