Dusenbury v. General Grant Council, No. 128
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, third district, rendered July 17, 1916, in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial by the court without a jury, for $541.94 damages and costs.
1Opinion of the CourtBenedict, J.
This is an action for $500 claimed to be due plaintiff as the beneficiary named in a certificate of membership of one Alfred D. Symonds, deceased, in the defendant corporation. The answer denied that plaintiff was in the class designated in the by-laws and charter of the defendant as entitled to be named as a beneficiary. For a second defense it was *666alleged that plaintiff was guilty of making false and fraudulent representations concerning her relationship to the member. For a third defense it was alleged that plaintiff had not exhausted her remedies as provided for by the by-laws of the…
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