Lo Cicero v. Societa Italiana Di M. B. Christoforo Colombo

This is a suit by a widow to collect a death; benefit of $275.00 and . a' funeral benefit of $50.00 from the defendant society. The widow asks for $2,000.00 additional damages, claiming that 'the society, through malice and ill-will towards her, and for the purpose of insulting her, prevented its funeral committee from participating in the funeral of her husband, who was a member of the society.

The defense to this suit is that plaintiff’s husband was not a member in good standing at the time of Ms death, and further, that the by-laws of the society, made part of the petition, particularly…