Lewison v. Hoffman
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Action by Benno Lewison, substituted as plaintiff in place of the Order Germania, a benevolent corporation, of which said Lewison was appointed receiver, against Louis Hoffman and Johanna Weiss, as sureties on the bond of John Weiss, as treasurer of the Order Germania. Defendant Weiss died pending the action, and it was •continued against defendant Hoffman.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
The “Order Germania” was created for benevolent purposes, and, although a private corporation, was fashioned after public corporations, in this: that it had a treasurer, who, like the treasurer of a county, had certain official duties prescribed which he was bound to perform, prominent among which were the collecting, accounting for, and paying over moneys received on behalf of the order. As is usual in cases of public corporations, it was likewise required of the treasurer here that he execute a bond, with sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of his official duties. These duties…
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