Excerpt from The Law of Voluntary Societies and Mutual Benefit Insurance A work on the subject of. Mutual benefit insurance, especi ally at present, must be, to a very considerable extent, an abstract or compilation of decisions. This is largely true of all text books in the law, but it is particularly so in the field traversed by the author. Principles have been stated and dis cussed, Wherever this seemed practicable and desirable, but whatever of value this work may possess will be found to lie in the collection of adjudicated cases. The facts and points de cided in these cases the author has diligently sought to state accurately and clearly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.