Case Name: John T. Wood vs. What Cheer Lodge, Sons of St. George
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1896-12-01
Citations: 20 R.I. 795
Docket Number: 
Parties: John T. Wood vs. What Cheer Lodge, Sons of St. George.
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 795–795

Head Matter:
John T. Wood vs. What Cheer Lodge, Sons of St. George.
PROVIDENCE
DECEMBER 1, 1896.
Before one can maintain an action against an association to recover benefits alleged to be due him as a member thereof, he must exhaust the remedies provided by the by-laws of the society.
Plaintiff’s petition for a new trial of an action wherein he suffered a nonsuit before a jury.
George Parnell, for plaintiff.
Benjamin M. Bosworth, for defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The record shows that the plaintiff did not exhaust the remedies provided by the by-laws of the defendant society, as the law requires him to do before bringing suit. See Whitty v. McCarthy et al., ante, p. 792. We are of the opinion, therefore, that the nonsuit was properly granted.
Exception overruled, and case remitted to the Common Pleas Division with direction to enter judgment for the defendant for costs.