Weigelman v. Bronger
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 24 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. Appellant is not bound by a judgment in an action by appellee against the American Mutual Aid Society, as she was neither a partv to the action nor a privy of any of the parties thereto.
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Case 24 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE LAW AND EQUITY COURT. 1. Appellant is not bound by a judgment in an action by appellee against the American Mutual Aid Society, as she was neither a partv to the action nor a privy of any of the parties thereto. (Bergman v. Hutchison, 60 Miss., 872; Memphis & St. L. Packet Co. v. Gray, 9 Bush, 137 ; Doyle v. Armstrong, 2 Duvall, 534; Alexander v. Slavens, 7 B M., 356; 1 Black on Judgments, 260; Salford v. Weare, 142 Mass, 231; Warwick v. Petty, 4 N. J. Law, 542.) 2. The allegations ot appellant’s pleadings that appellee had no insurable…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Quigley
The American Legal Aid Society'was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, approved January 30, 1878, its object being “to provide financial aid to the widows, orphans, heirs, legatees and assigns of its deceased members.”
Section 6 of the act provides: “The applicant may, at the time of his application, designate who shall be the beneficiary; and if it be for any other person than the applicant, the said benefit shall not be liable for any debt of the applicant.”
Section 20 provides: “This society being of a benevolent character, shall be free from all…
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