News Employees' Benevolent Soc. v. Agricola

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

The News Employees’ Benevolent Society (hereinafter called the Society), is a corporation whose membership is confined, as the name indicates, to those who are employed by the Birmingham News Company for a period of thirty days prior to membership application. The purpose of the Society is the creation 'of a fund to be used for the relief of its members in event of sickness or disability and death. Initiation fees and dues are paid by members according to different classes, the payment of sick and disability benefits being in proportion to amount of such initiation fees…