Legal Opinion
Sanger v. Rothschild
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1888PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Case submitted on agreed statement.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
William Rothschild, who was then unmarried, in 1874 became a member of the Independent Order of Free Sons of Israel, which was *795a Mutual Benefit Aid Association, organized and existing under the laws of the state of New York. By its constitution or by-laws it obligated itself to pay the sum of $1,000 on the decease of a member. Eothschild, in September, 1881, made the following designation for the payment of this sum of $1,000.
“I, the undersigned, member of the Standard Lodge No. 30 I. O. F. S. of I., do hereby declare, of my own free will, that the money, according to the endowment law of…
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