Gunther v. New Orleans Cotton Exchange Mutual Aid Ass'n
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Houston, J. Each one of tho members of a mutual aid society contracts with each other member, and their contract is a law unto themselves by which they are bound. "When tlio charter provides that the failure to pay terminates membership, this law is conclusive between the members.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Houston, J. Each one of tho members of a mutual aid society contracts with each other member, and their contract is a law unto themselves by which they are bound. "When tlio charter provides that the failure to pay terminates membership, this law is conclusive between the members. Madeira vs. Merchant’s Exchange Mutual Benefit Society, 16 Eederal Reporter, 750; 86 Illinois Reports, 479; 18 Central Law Journal, 373; 93 IT. S. 31; 104 IT. S. 88-252; 44 New Tork, 276; 63 Md. 86. Sickness or insanity of the member does not excuse or…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
The defendant is a corporation, organized as a mutual benefit association, the members of which, or their designated beneficiaries, are entitled, at death, to receive an amount equivalent to the sum of certain assessments which are levied upon, and payable by, the surviving members.
Plaintiffs exhibit a certificate of the association reciting the membership of Julius Aroni and that, “in consideration of twenty dollai’sby liim paid as sucli, said Aroni has secured to his children (the plaintiffs) in the nature of insurance upon his life, all…
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