Kimball v. Lester
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Garra D. Lester, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 4th day of January, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial' at the Erie Special Term.
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Appeal by the defendant, Garra D. Lester, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 4th day of January, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial' at the Erie Special Term. The judgment adjudged that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the sum of $1,990, the avails of a benefit certificate which had been paid into court by the beneficial association in pursuance of an order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
Conda R. Kimball was insured in the Supreme Lodge, Knights ox Honor, a foreign mutual benefit corporation, authorized to do business in this State; The beneficial certificate was granted to him August 3, 1881, and lie was a member in good standing at the time of his death, May 15, 1898. The beneficiary named in the certificate was his wife, the plaintiff in this action. The scheme designed by the association, aside from its fraternal, moral and intellectual features, was to provide a fund to meet the sums to be paid to the respective beneficiaries upon the death of those holding…
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