Babrowsky v. United States Grand Lodge of the Order Brith Abraham
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The United States Grand Lodge of The Order Brith Abraham, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 9th day of December, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Westchester Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
In his lifetime one Louis Greenbaum was a member of a fraternal benefit organization. Upon his death his widow became entitled to the sum of $500, to be collected by assessments upon the members of said organization, pursuant to its endowment laws. Thereafter, -and on the 21st day of July, 1905, she gave a written power of attorney to one Maurice Whitebone, authorizing him to receive said sum and to receipt therefor on her behalf. After her death, and on December 9, 1905, the defendant paid said sum of $500 to said Whitebone. This action is brought by her executor to recover said…
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