Stewart v. Thorburn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Robert S. Thorburn, as president, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of ¡New York on the Yth day of April, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Action by a member of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, a fraternal benefit association, to recover an accident benefit of $350. The society is an unincorporated voluntary association of over seven members, having its principal office at Manchester, Eng., and maintaining here what is known as the United States branch, with Thorburn as its president.
The plaintiff became a member of the society on the 21st of April, 1886, at which time he received a copy of the constitution or rules then in force, which were called “Rules, Edition of 1883.” Rule 38 of these rules…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Green v. Supreme Council of Royal ArcanumNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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