Sweeney v. Independent Order of Foresters
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Independent Order of Foresters, from, a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Washington on the 29th day of July, 1919, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Washington Trial Term, a jury having been discharged.
1Opinion of the Court
Kiley, J.:
This action was brought by the plaintiff upon a benefit certificate issued to her husband by the defendant on March 15, 1916. The amount which defendant bound itself to pay to plaintiff upon the death of the insured, which occurred February 9, 1918, was $1,000. Plaintiff had judgment in the court below and defendant appeals to this court from said judgment. The defendant is a fraternal organization, incorporated and existing under the laws of the Dominion of Canada, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The case was tried before a jury, but both parties, at the close of the…
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