Shafer v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
. Appead from a judgment rendered by the justice of the Eighth Judicial District Court in favor of the plaintiff. Action brought for death benefits by widow of member of benefit association.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The defense to the plaintiff’s action, brought to recover the amount of benefit accruing under the defendant’s bylaws upon the death of her husband, a member, was based upon the provisions of one of the by-laws, expressed as follows: “Any' member indebted to his local union for any sum equal to two months’ dues shall be notified by the financial secretary, and when-owing a sum equal to three months’ dues shall be considered in arrears and will not be eligible to any benefits until three months after all the arrearages are paid in full.”
The plaintiff’s husband became indebted to his local…
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