Kennedy v. Local Union No. 726 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Local Union No. 726 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, from a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county' of Westchester on the 2d day of January, 1902, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at a term of said court.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
Alexander Kennedy, for more than six years prior to his death on January 28, 1901, was a beneficial member of the defendant. His widow, the plaintiff, was named as his beneficiary in his applica*244tion for membership. The constitution and by-laws of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, of which the defendant is a local subordinate union, provide that on the death of a beneficial member of two years’ standing his beneficiary shall be entitled to receive $200 as a funeral benefit.' Section 93 of the constitution reads as follows: “ Each beneficial member…
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