Funeral Benefit Ass'n v. Col. Ellsworth Council No. 960

Citations

• 66 Pa. Super. 10
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 179

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial associations — Assessments—Default — Suspension of subordinate body.</p> <p>Where an unincorporated beneficial association composed of subordinate councils provides, by its by-laws, that if any assessment levied upon an subordinate council remains unpaid for a time stated such “council in default shall without further action stand suspended from membership in this association,” and there is no other remedy provided by the by-laws, the association, after the suspension of a local council has become effective by the automatic action of the by-law, cannot collect from such council assessments by legal proceedings.</p>