Bailey v. Coleman

Rose, Judge:

This case is here upon a writ of error awarded A. L. Coleman to an order of the Circuit Court of Logan County directing a peremptory writ of mandamus to issue against him upon the relation of Raymond Bailey.

The parties to this proceeding are members of a voluntary association, called in the record the “Burial Fund” which consists of the members of the local miners’ union at Lorado in Logan County, numbering about six hundred. Monthly dues are paid into this fund, in consideration of which certain specified cash benefits are to be paid upon the death of a member or one of his…