Davis v. Gilroy
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 80, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. No-. 1, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1915, No-. 2370, dismissing bill in equity in case of Jennie M. Davis v. W. L. Gilroy et al. associated under the name of Clerks’ Aid Society, Pennsylvania Railroad. Bill in equity against an unincorporated society to compel the payment of death benefits. Before Shoemaker, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
This was a bill in equity, filed by the holder of a certificate issued to one Samuel Faunce by defendant, an unincorporated society whose object was the collection of a fund to be paid at the death of a member, to enforce payment of the fund to plaintiff as beneficiary named in the certificate. The court below dismissed the bill.
The certificate was in the following form: “Organized 1882, No. 601, Clerks’ Aid Society, Pennsylvania Railroad. This certifies that Samuel Faunce is a member of the Clerks’ Aid Society, Pennsylvania Railroad, and is entitled to all the rights,…
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