Hollingsworth v. . Supreme Council

ALLEN, J., did not sit. The action was brought to recover the sum of $420, with interest, it being the total of plaintiff's monthly dues as a member of the defendant order from 30 May, 1902, until 1 December, 1916, which were paid by him to it during said time.

Plaintiff based his right to recover upon the ground of fraud in procuring him to become a member of the order in 1902, the fraud consisting in the false representations of the defendant's soliciting agent as to the amount of dues to be paid by him each month during the continuance of his membership; and as a second ground of recovery,…