Camara v. Sociedade Lusitana Beneficente De Hawaii

OPINION. OP THE COURT BY

WATSON, J.

This is an action of assumpsit to recover the sum of $1500 as a death benefit or. donation alleged to have accrued to plaintiff’s intestate as the widow of one Eduardo Pinheiro, who was at the time of his death a member in good standing of defendant, an incorporated mutual benefit society. The material facts are undisputed and are as follows: The member joined the society March 8, 1882, and died October 20, 1910; in 1909 *371(By-Laws, Ch. 7) the amount of the death benefit wras set at a fixed sum, viz., $1500, to be taken from, a special fund for the…