Cornman v. Pennsylvania Railroad

WlCKERSHAM, J.,

This is an action in assumpsit in which the plaintiff seeks to recover from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company sick benefits which he claims have been denied him by the Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Department.

It is admitted in plaintiff’s statement that said Relief Department is an unincorporated association, consisting of employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and other rail carriers, organized for the purpose of providing sick and accident benefits and superannuation benefits to its members. Plaintiff became a member of said relief department. A copy of his…