Clare v. International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen

The plaintiffs had judgment. The defendants appeal. William Clare was a member of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen, Local No. 55, of Newark. The Local is a subordinate of the International Brotherhood. The suit was by the next of kin to recover death benefits called for under the constitution of the International Brotherhood and the by-laws of the Local. Both the International and the Local were defendants.

*911Previous to the present action the kin, other than Catherine Clare, a daughter, had sued the International for death benefits. It is first urged that the judgment in…