Donnelly v. Supreme Council

John Donnelly, the appellant, sued the Supreme Council Cotholic Benevolent Legion, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York. The defendant is a fraternal and beneficial organization, its particular business and object being “to unite fraternally all male Roman Catholics personally acceptable, of sound bodily health, for social, benevolent, and'intellectual improvement, and to afford moral and material,aid to its members and dependents by establishing a fund for the relief of sick and distressed members, and a benefit fund from which on satisfactory evidence of the death…