Emerson v. Standard Protective Society
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 204, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., June T., 1910, No. 170, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Maud M. Emerson v. Standard Protective Society. Appeal from justice of the peace. Assumpsit for sick benefits. Before Bouton, J. At the trial the court overruled a motion to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction on the ground that it could be sued only in the court where was located its principal office, or chief place of business.
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Appeal, No. 204, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., June T., 1910, No. 170, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Maud M. Emerson v. Standard Protective Society. Appeal from justice of the peace. Assumpsit for sick benefits. Before Bouton, J. At the trial the court overruled a motion to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction on the ground that it could be sued only in the court where was located its principal office, or chief place of business. The court overruled the motion. [1] The court charged as follows: [This is an action brought by Maud M. Emerson against…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cukiam,
The defendant was incorporated by a decree of the . court of common pleas of Berks county under the act regulating the organization and incorporation of secret beneficial societies, orders or associations, approved April 6, 1893. P. L. 10. In the application for incorporation it was stated that the “principal office” of the corporation was to be located in Reading, Berks County, but in the caption of the benefit certificate issued to the plaintiff it was stated that its “business office” was in New York city, while according to the testimony of its president, it had no office in…
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