Ryan v. Knights of Columbus
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an accounting of the sums contributed by the plaintiff, and others similarly situated, to two insurance funds collected and held by the Knights of Columbus, and judgment for the amount found due thereon, brought to the District Court of Waterbury, where a demurrer to the complaint was sustained and judgment rendered for the defendants (Cowell, J.), from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff, acting for himself and numerous others alleged to be similarly situated and having the same rights as himself, seeks an accounting by the defendant corporation with respect to two funds, together amounting, on January 1st, 1902, to $616,365, and ac cumulated by it during a period.of years out of the contributions of its members, for the purposes of the corporation and pursuant to its by-laws, and asks judgment for the amount to which, upon such accounting, he may be found to be entitled. The defendant Watson is made a defendant as representing the many members of the defendant…
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