Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias of the World v. Hill
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. This was an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit in the circuit court of Wood county, W. Va., by Ellen M. Hill against the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias of the World, to enforce the payment of a policy of life insurance issued by the endowment rank of that order upon the life of Arthur E. Hill, in favor of the plaintiff.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. This was an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit in the circuit court of Wood county, W. Va., by Ellen M. Hill against the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias of the World, to enforce the payment of a policy of life insurance issued by the endowment rank of that order upon the life of Arthur E. Hill, in favor of the plaintiff. By petition of the defendant the case was removed to the circuit court of the United States for the district of West Virginia,. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
The Endowment Rank of the Order of Knights of Pythias, on the 23d day of July, 1888, issued to Arthur E. Hill a policy of insurance for the sum of $3,000, payable, in case i of the death of the said assured, to Ellen M. Hill, his wife. The said Arthur E. Hill died on the 6th day of 'November, 1893, and, the defendant below refusing to pay the said sum of $3,000, Ellen M. Hill, on the 26th day of March, 3894, instituted this suit of trespass on the case in assumpsit in the circuit court of Wood county, W. Va. It is set forth in the declaration filed in the case that the…
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