Menard v. Society of St. Jean Baptiste
Supreme Court of Connecticut
ACTION to recover benefits claimed to be due to the plaintiff from the defendant, a mutual benefit society of which he was a member; brought, by appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, and tried to the court, on a general denial, before Calhoun, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an action to recover benefits alleged to be due from a mutual benefit society. The defense is that the plaintiff had forfeited his right to recover by the non-payment of a death fee. The suit was originally brought before a justice of the peace, who rendered judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, in which court judgment was rendered for the plaintiff ; the defendant appealed to this court.
The facts are briefly these : — The plaintiff joined the defendant society in October, 1889. He paid his initiation fee, two dollars, and his monthly dues,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bevin v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1854
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