Raab v. National Slavonic Society of United States
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiffs, dismissing the complaint and from each and every part of said, judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilbin, J.
The plaintiffs sue as next of kin of one Edward Raab, their intestate, for $1,000 claimed to be due from the defendant upon a certificate of membership insurance. The said intestate died on the 12th day of August, 191.2, leaving him surviving the plaintiffs, his widow and children.
The defendant is a corporation chartered by the state of Pennsylvania and formed for the purpose of helping members of the Slavonic race residing in this country through mutual insurance in case of sickness or death. The deceased became a member of one of its subordinate lodges or assemblies on the 12th day of May,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Higgins v. . EagletonNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Ellis v. National Provident UnionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. Troy Steel Co.New York Supreme Court · 1900
- Walsh v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Markgraf v. Fellowship of SolidarityNew York Supreme Court · 1909