Adair v. Orrell's Mutual Burial Ass'n

BALEY, Judge.

Since 1941 mutual burial associations in North Carolina have been regulated by statute and operated under supervision of a burial association commissioner. In 1967 the North Carolina Mutual Burial Association Commission was created to assist the commissioner and make rules and regulations for the proper administration of the associations organized and operating under its authority. G.S. 58-226 provides a set of uniform by-laws and requires every burial association in the state to adopt them in their entirety. These by-laws are usually printed in full on certificates of membership…