Mock v. Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by'the defendants, the Supreme Council of' Royal Arcanum and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of "December, 1905,- upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The judgment appealed from adjudged certain changes in the defendant’s by-law’s respecting the rates of assessment upon its mem-' bers to be void, and restrains the defendant' from enforcing said amended by-laws. 'The defendant is a fraternal beneficiary corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Hassachusetts, for the purpose of affording fraternal assistance to its members and establishing a “Widows and Orphans Benefit Fund,” from which, upon the death of a member, a sum not exceeding $3,000 is to be paid his dependents. Thqre is no question respecting the regularity…
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- White v. Empire State Degree of HonorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
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