Lewin v. Koerner Benevolent Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Koerner Benevolent Association, from a judgment of the Connty Court-of Erie county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 6th day of December, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of December, 1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, J.:
The defendant is a domestic mutual benefit corporation. Its object, as declared by its. certificate of incorporation, “ * * ■ "x" shall be to aid its members in case of sickness and the families of deceased members of such society, by means of contributions, as the by-laws of the society may from time to time prescribe. * * The constitution provided for sick benefits and death benefits to its members ; $200 upon the death of a member and $50 upon the death of his wife. The society was organized in 1873, and the plaintiff was one of the charter members. The original constitution of…
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