Fanning v. Supreme Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Honora Dalton from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of March, 1901, granting the motion of the defendant, the Supreme Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, for permission to pay into court the sum of $2,000, and be relieved of all liability, and bringing in Honora Dalton as a party defendant in the action.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The defendant, the mutual benefit association, is a corporation duly constituted and created under chapter 496 of the Laws of 1879, having its principal place of business at Niagara Falls, and having certain branch and grand councils in this State, among others Branch No. 106, located in the city of New York. This action was brought to recover upon a benefit certificate issued by the association to one John Brophy, a member of said branch.
It appears that said John Brophy obtained originally a benefit certificate in the sum of $2,000, payable to his wife. She died and thereafter he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCormick v. Supreme Council Catholic Benevolent LegionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- McNevin v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1936