Devlin v. Donohue

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 589
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 484

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial associations — By-laws—Suspension of benefits — Failure to appeal.</p> <p>In an action' against an unincorporated beneficial association to recover sick benefits, the plaintiff will not be entitled to recover, where it appears that the by-laws provided for the payment of sick benefits only in case the association had funds for that purpose, that at a meeting at which the plaintiff was present, a resolution was passed suspending the payment of sick benefits on account of lack of funds, that the plaintiff although voting against the resolution and protesting against it, did not take the appeal provided by the by-laws, and that the illness for which he claimed benefits began eight days after the resolution was passed.</p>