Croughan v. New York Mutual Benevolent Society
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, New York Mutual Benevolent Society, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Bronx on the 28th day of December, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of April, 1917, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made on the ground of newly-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
Plaintiff sued to recover a benefit of $500 payable upon his retirement from the police department. Defendant was organized under the Membership Corporations Law on July 31, 1907, and on December 1, 1907, plaintiff was admitted to membership. He paid dues and was continued as a member up to 1910. At that time, there being an upheaval and row in the society and a change of management, charges were served upon plaintiff and several other members complaining that at the time they joined they were ineligible under the society’s by-laws. After a hearing and trial the charges were…
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