Beach v. Supreme Tent of Knights of Maccabees of the World
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 2d day of' November, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 2d day of November,. 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, P. J.:
The defendant is a fraternal and mutual benefit association, organized under the laws of the State of Michigan, the primary object of such association being the insurance of its members against death or accident. Its organization and the several branches thereof are called respectively supreme and subordinate tents.
On the 8tli day of March, 1887, the plaintiff made written application for membership of Centre Tent No. 28 of the association, located at Yorkshire Center in the county of Cattaraugus. On the seventeeth day of April following such application was- duly accepted and…
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