Hannes v. Nederland Israelitish Sick Fund
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Nederland Israelitish Sick Fund, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of March, 1912, affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiff rendered on the 22d day of May, 1911.
1Dissent
McLaughlin, J. (dissenting):
Action to recover from a mutual benefit insurance corporation an amount claimed to be due under its by-laws for “sick benefits.”
The sole question presented by the appeal is whether the defendant had the power to amend its by-laws in such a way as to reduce a sick benefit to which the plaintiff would otherwise have been entitled. The defendant’s certificate of incorporation provided that its purpose was to collect funds from members and apply them to their relief in case of death, sickness or other casualty “ as may hereafter be regulated by the by-laws.” The…
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