Bonfitto v. San Donato Mutual Benefit Ass'n

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 248
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 398

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial associations — Fraud in acquiring membership — Expulsion — Reinstatement—Equity—Olean hands.</p> <p>Where the by-laws of an incorporated beneficial association restrict membership to persons of the Catholic faith only, and a person with full knowledge of the by-laws conceals the fact that he is not a Catholic, and in Joining the society, swears to respect the constitution and by-laws and “to act honest and straight,” such person acquires membership through fraud, and he cannot claim .the assistance of a court of equity to reinstate him, after he had been expelled.</p>