Teckemeyer v. Supreme Council
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Mary J. Teckemeyer, for a new trial oft a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the General Term in the first instance upon the-verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant, directed by the court after a trial at the Erie Circuit oft the 14th day of "January, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Follett, J.:
This action was begun April 17, 1894, by the beneficiary, named in a certificate issued by the defendant, to recover the amouftt which it agreed to pay on the death of a member of the- association.
The defendant was incorporated-by chapter 586 of the Laws of 1880, and belongs to the class of corporations known as mutual benefit societies. By the act it is authorized to- create and hold a' fund, and pay therefrom a sum not exceeding $5,000 on the death of any of its members, pursuant to such rules and regulations as the corporation may adopt, power being conferred to make, from time…
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- Glassey v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1895
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