Battersby v. Schuylkill Tribe No. 202
Citations
- 29 Pa. Super. 288
- 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 318
Syllabus
<p>Beneficial association — Funeral benefits — Widow—Volunteer.</p> <p>Where the by-laws of a beneficial association provide that funeral benefits shall be paid to the widow, unless the officers are satisfied that such benefits would be diverted from their legitimate purpose, in which case they may see to their payment, an undertaker who is a mere volunteer without contract with the association cannot recover from the latter the expenses of the funeral of a member merely because he notified the association that the widow intended to divert the fund, and the widow in fact did divert the fund when it was paid to her.</p>
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- stating, in a case alleging trespass, that “the defendants could have justified the acts complained of by showing a regular warrant from a magistrate having jurisdiction over the subject”
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Judges: Beaver, Henderson, Morrison, Orlaey, Porter, Rice
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