Allen v. Merrimack County Odd Fellows' Mutual Relief Ass'n
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover on a certificate of membership issued to the plaintiff’s husband by the defendant association. Trial at the September term, 1903, of the superior court before Young, J., who found a verdict for the defendants, subject to the plaintiff’s exception.
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Assumpsit, to recover on a certificate of membership issued to the plaintiff’s husband by the defendant association. Trial at the September term, 1903, of the superior court before Young, J., who found a verdict for the defendants, subject to the plaintiff’s exception. The certificate stated that the assured was a member of the association and entitled to all the privileges and benefits thereof, so long as he complied with its by-laws as then existing and such as might thereafter be made, and no longer. The application for membership stated that the asssured was thirty-two years of age and in…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The meeting warned for August 17, 1900, was not legally held, the month’s notice required by the by-laws of the association not having been given; and if we assume that the written notice that was given did not sufficiently indicate the nature of the business to be considered at that meeting, or that the by-laws which were enacted introduced changes of such a fundamental nature as to impair vested rights of the assured (Dow v. Railroad, 67 N. H. 1; Pain v. Societe, 172 Mass. 319; Kent v. Company, 78 N. Y. 159; Parish v. Produce Exchange, 169 N. Y. 34; Weber v. Supreme Tent K of M., 172 N. Y.…
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- Wist v. Grand Lodge A. O. U. W.Oregon Supreme Court · 1892
- Consider Parish v. New York Produce ExchangeNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Weber v. Supreme Tent of Knights of MacCabees of WorldNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Pain v. Société St. Jean BaptisteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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