McGillon v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit. Trial at the December term, 1912, of the superior court before Chamberlin, J. On the facts hereinafter stated, the court ruled that the defendant was not liable and ordered a verdict in its favor, and the plaintiff excepted. The plaintiff seeks to recover a death benefit from the defendant association of which her intestate was a member.
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Assumpsit. Trial at the December term, 1912, of the superior court before Chamberlin, J. On the facts hereinafter stated, the court ruled that the defendant was not liable and ordered a verdict in its favor, and the plaintiff excepted. The plaintiff seeks to recover a death benefit from the defendant association of which her intestate was a member. April 17, 1911, the intestate paid the defendant two dollars in full for the dues charged against him for the months of January, February, March, and April. He died in the following June. The by-laws of the association provide: “Monthly dues shall…
1Per curiam
The contention of the plaintiff is that the deceased was in good standing in the defendant association on April 17, 1911, when he paid the dues charged against him for the months of January, February, March, and April, and that his estate is entitled to the benefit of $200 which it would have been entitled to if his dues had been promptly paid. The question, in short, is whether when he made his last payment he owed the defendant “a sum equal to three months’ dues.” The case shows that there were then charged against him dues for four months which up to that time he had not paid. Was he owing…
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