Brown v. Supreme Court
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the. office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 1st day of May, 1901,. upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Erie Trial Term, a jury, having been waived, directing the reinstatement of the plaintiff to membership in the defendant company.
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Appeal by the defendant, The Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the. office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 1st day of May, 1901,. upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Erie Trial Term, a jury, having been waived, directing the reinstatement of the plaintiff to membership in the defendant company. The proceedings were instituted by an alternative writ of mam damns, founded upon the affidavit of the relator, setting forth that he was a member of the defendant and had…
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J .:
The defendant is a Canadian corporation based on the fraternal and mutual benefit plan, and carrying on its business within the State of New York. The beneficial and social features usually incident to such organizations aré embodied in its constitution, but its primary purpose is to insure the lives of its members and afford thém assistance in case of physical disability or sickness in the manner prescribed in. its constitution and by-laws. The framework of the organization consists of subordinate orders, or courts,.with a supreme court as its central or governing body.…
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