Reichle v. . Perkins
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 6, 1920, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the trial court. The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of the deceased, was not entitled to recover this benefit except the amount of fifty dollars for funeral expenses.
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Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 6, 1920, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the trial court. The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of the deceased, was not entitled to recover this benefit except the amount of fifty dollars for funeral expenses. (Doyle v. Carney, 190 N. Y. 386; Johnson v. Phoenix Bridge Co., 197 N. Y. 316; Ehrman v. Bassett, 159 App. Div. 752; Morley v. Northwestern Masonic Assn., 10 Fed. Rep. 227; McClure v.…
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Louis Reichle became a member of the labor organization known as Cigarmakers’ International Union of America, through membership in Local Union No. 2, on or about February 23, 1889. As such he became entitled to certain privileges in the way of providing that a person should receive a death benefit as hereinafter indicated. On November 26, 1915, he became insane and was committed to the Buffalo State Hospital, where he remained until he died on October 23, 1918. At the time of his death he was in good standing as a member of the union. He was unmarried and childless. He left two sisters, Lena…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Born v. . PerkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Born v. PerkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
3Cited by2 opinions
- Barnett v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1927
- Nagle v. PerkinsBuffalo City Court · 1927