Hanke v. Cigar Makers International Union of America
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal-from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant, in the Second District Municipal Court, borough of Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, P. J.
This action was brought to recover the sum of $200, claimed by the plaintiff to be due him, from the defendant as a death benefit accruing by reason of the death of the plaintiff’s wife, while a member of the defendant association. The pleadings were' oral. Tfye defendant offered no testimony upon the trial, and at the close of the plaintiff’s case made a motion to dismiss the complaint upon the ground, among others, that the defendant having been shown to be a voluntary unincorporated association, the action should have been brought against the president or treasurer thereof, as required by…
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