Sinclair v. Fitzpatrick
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Few York rendered in favor of defendant.
1Per curiam
Supreme Council, Catholic Knights of America was incorporated by the general assembly of the commonwealth of Kentucky, April 1, 1880. Section 2 of the act of incorporation reads: “The object of the corporation shall be * * * to establish and maintain a benefit fund from which a sum not to exceed $2,000 shall be paid at the death of each member to his family, or be disposed of as he may direct.”
The deceased, James Sinclair, became a member of Branch No. 204 of this order on May 3, 1899, at which time section 6 of the by-laws stated the object of the order in the following words: “ to establish…
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