Beeman v. Supreme Lodge
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 77, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 3054, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Diana Bee-man v. Supreme Lodge, Shield of Honor. Assumpsit for death benefits. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court charged in part as follows: It appears that in the month of March, 1903, Mr. Beeman received a notice telling him what moneys were to be made up, and what his share was of the sum required.
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Appeal, No. 77, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 3054, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Diana Bee-man v. Supreme Lodge, Shield of Honor. Assumpsit for death benefits. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court charged in part as follows: It appears that in the month of March, 1903, Mr. Beeman received a notice telling him what moneys were to be made up, and what his share was of the sum required. The notice was a printed form, with blanks for the filling in of the necessary special matter, and it instructed him…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
Silas A. Beeman was a member of the Supreme Lodge, Shield of Honor, appellant, and after his death his wife, appellee, brought suit on his certificate as a beneficiary member of the appellant society, and the ease was so tried in the court below that she recovered a verdict and final judgment for the full amount of her claim. The material facts in the case are practically uncontradicted, and the questions for determination here involve propositions of law and their application to the conceded facts.
It is conceded that the by-laws of the appellant society provide for…
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