O'Brien v. Brotherhood of the Union
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actiost against a fraternal societj'- to recover death-benefits, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of |500 claimed to be due her by force of a contract between the defendant association and its dead member, one Daniel P. Conklin. The defendant is a secret fraternal society or order, organized under the laws of Pennsylvania. The contract in question is the one which arose between the defendant and Conklin upon his becoming a beneficial member of the order, and its nature is determined by the following facts which appear from the finding of the trial court, including the laws, forms, and rules of the defendant, made a part of the record: •—
The order is…
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