Dickerson v. Midvale Beneficial Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 248, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from decree of-C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1917, No. 4148, dismissing bill in equity in case of Addie W. Dickerson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Manuel Andre Monteiro (sometimes called Manuel Monte), deceased, v. Midvale Beneficial Association and Peter McAnally et al. Bill in equity against an unincorporated beneficial society to compel the payment of death benefits.
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Appeal, No. 248, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from decree of-C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1917, No. 4148, dismissing bill in equity in case of Addie W. Dickerson, as Administratrix of the Estate of Manuel Andre Monteiro (sometimes called Manuel Monte), deceased, v. Midvale Beneficial Association and Peter McAnally et al. Bill in equity against an unincorporated beneficial society to compel the payment of death benefits. The court in an opinion by Carr, J., dismissed the bill. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This bill in equity is by an administrator to recover death benefits from a beneficial society. In 1883 the defendant was organized as an unincorporated beneficial association, made up exclusively of the employees of the Midvale Steel Company of Philadelphia, and so continued until 1916 when it became chartered as a Pennsylvania corporation. The deceased, Manuel Andre Monteiro (sometimes called Manuel Monte), an employee of the company, became a member of the society in 1910, *417and so continued until his accidental death in 1911. In his application for membership…
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- Order of Mutual Companions v. GriestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
- Heasley v. HeasleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Kelley's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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- Stasevicius v. SlauzisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941