Maneely v. Knights Birmingham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1887, No. 87. Case bjr William M. Maneely, trustee for Mary A. Lamon against the Knights of Birmingham of Pennsylvania. The following facts were agreed upon by the parties and filed in the case, in the nature of a case stated; The defendant is a corporation duly chartered under the Act of Assembly, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, A. D. 1874, and the supplements and amendments thereto.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term, 1887, No. 87. Case bjr William M. Maneely, trustee for Mary A. Lamon against the Knights of Birmingham of Pennsylvania. The following facts were agreed upon by the parties and filed in the case, in the nature of a case stated; The defendant is a corporation duly chartered under the Act of Assembly, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, A. D. 1874, and the supplements and amendments thereto. By section 5 of its charter, membership is limited to Master Masons in good standing in the fraternity of Free Masons.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
It is not, and of course cannot, be questioned that, under *309.the nineteenth article of the defendant’s constitution, the contract in question in this ease imposed a legal obligation upon the defendant to pay the money in controversy to the present plaintiff. The contract was made and performed, by the deceased and this plaintiff, in strict conformity with all the requirements of the constitution and by-laws of the defendant, and the defendant is willing to pay the money called for by the contract, but wishes to be protected against a possible wrong payment and, for that purpose only, makes…
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