Gottselig v. Cigarmakers International Union
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 311, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster County, Jan. T., 1919, No. 90, sustaining demurrer in tbe case of Florence Gottselig v. Cigarmakers International Union of America, No. 257, Daniel McGeever, President, Jacob L. Click, Financial Secretary and Treasurer. Assumpsit to recover benefits which it was alleged vested in the plaintiff, upon the death of her husband who was a member of a beneficial society.
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Appeal, No. 311, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster County, Jan. T., 1919, No. 90, sustaining demurrer in tbe case of Florence Gottselig v. Cigarmakers International Union of America, No. 257, Daniel McGeever, President, Jacob L. Click, Financial Secretary and Treasurer. Assumpsit to recover benefits which it was alleged vested in the plaintiff, upon the death of her husband who was a member of a beneficial society. Before Hass-ler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. On demurrer the plaintiff’s statement, the court sustained the demurrer…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff brought this action of assumpsit and filed a statement averring that she was the widow of *275Otto Gottselig, who died on October 23, 1918; that her husband had been a member in good standing of the defendant organization for thirty years previous to his death and that she thereupon became entitled to receive from the defendant association, under the death benefit clause of its constitution, the sum of $50, funeral expenses, and $550, death benefits. There was filed on behalf of the defendant an affidavit raising a question of law, as provided by the Practice…
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