Wilson v. Bryce
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Sarah Wilson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in -favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of September, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This is a controversy. between persons claiming the right to a ' fund, the product of an insurance certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion, upon the application of Francis Joseph Bryce, who was a member of such organization. It appeared that Bryce became a member about March 10, 1891, and that, he procured a certificate to be issued, naming as the beneficiary therein his mother, Catherine W. Bryce. Subsequently, and on'December 22, 1892, Bryce caused to be surrendered such certificate to the ' legion, and procured a new certificate to be issued, in…
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