Fratellanza Italiana v. Nugnes

This is an interpleader. The by-laws of complainant, a membership corporation, are written in Italian and translated read in part as follows:

"Upon the death of a brother, provided he shall have been a member according to the register of the society at least six months, the family or the person by him designated, has the right to four hundred dollars, and in the event the treasury of the society is insufficient, then all the members are obliged to pay their tax to cover the four hundred dollars to be paid, which money is to be paid fifteen days after demand made upon the society."

Frank Nugnes,…