Maguire v. Maguire
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Mary Maguire and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Kate Maguire, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 6th day of June, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment of the Special Term in favor of the defendant Kate Maguire. The plaintiffs are respectively the widow and the children of Thomas Maguire, deceased, and the defendant Kate Maguire is' his niece. In 1888 Thomas Maguire became a member of the defendant, The Supreme Council Catholic Benevolent Legion, and received its benefit certificate entitling the beneficiary named therein to receive $1,000 at the death of Maguire, provided that at that time he was in good standing. The beneficiary first named was his daughter, the plaintiff Sarah…
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