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Wingersky v. United States Grand Lodge

141 A.D. 924 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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p. 924
Hattie Wingersky, Appellant, v. United States Grand Lodge, Independent Order Free Sons of Israel, Respondent.

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Appeal from an interlocutory judgment, entered on the 18th day of December, 1909, sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.

The complaint is defective because it does not show what were the provisions of the by-laws when plaintiff’s husband died, The complaint

p. 925
speaks entirely in the present tense and alleges only the provisions of the by laws when the action was commenced, which was more than a year after the hushand’s death. Non constat the by-laws may have been effectively amended in the meantime. , The interlocutory judgment- is, therefore, affirmed, with costs and disbursements, with leave to plaintiff to amend her complaint within twenty days upon payment of costs in this court and in the court below. Present — Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Clarke and Scott, JJ. Judgment affirmed, with costs, with leave to plaintiff to amend on payment of costs.