# In re the Claim for Benefits under Article 18 of Labor Law

> Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · November 12, 1941 · 262 A.D. 605

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5367959

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of the Claim for Benefits under Article 18 of the Labor Law, Made by Loni Mendelsohn, Doctors Hospital, Inc., Employer, Appellant Frieda S. Miller, as Industrial Commissioner
- **Court:** Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- **Decided:** November 12, 1941
- **Citations:** 262 A.D. 605; 31 N.Y.S.2d 435; 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5437
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Heffernan
- **Judges:** Crapser, Heffernan, Schenck
- **Cited by:** 11 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5367959

## Opinion text

Heffernan, J.
(dissenting). I dissent and vote to sustain the decision of the Board. As I look at this question the hospital is *611 not exempt unless organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. The purposes outlined in the certificate of incorporation before us clearly demonstrate that this hospital is not organized exclusively for charitable purposes. The right of a corporation to exemption must be determined from the articles of incorporation alone and if any of its powers are not charitable, the corporation is not entitled to be classified as a charity. (Matter of De Peyster, 210 N. Y. 216 ; Matter of Beekman, 232 id. 365 ; Matter of Kennedy, 240 App. Div. 20 ; affd., 264 N. Y. 691 ; Helvering v. Colemann Gilbert, 296 U. S. 369 ; Matter of Mohawk Mills Assn., Inc., 260 App. Div. 433 .) It seems perfectly clear to me from the certificate of incorporation of appellant that it could operate without ever doing one act of charity. Certainly it has no legal obligation to do so. In order to be classified as a charitable corporation, an entity must not only be permitted to engage in charitable activities but it should be compelled to do so by its charter.

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5367959. Public record. Not legal advice.