Atkinson v. Railroad Employes Mutual Relief Society

The original bill was filed by James Atkinson as the holder since 180'S of a benefit certificate in the defendant Society, and by the beneficiary named therein. The certificate provided for the payment to Atkinson of “sick." benefits” at the rate of eight dollars per week. Such benefits were claimed and paid from 1917 to and including the month of May, 1926, with two interruptions of short duration.

On September 16, 1926, Atkinson was suspended from the Society for a period of five years, for violating Article eleven, section two, of the constitution of the Society, which provided the penalty…