Sofge v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor

The struggle in this case is between adverse claimants to a fund of $2,000, proceeds of a benefit certificate in the Knights of Honor. The contest is between the widow and children, respectively, of Louis Lopp, deceased, who was a member of Vanderbilt Lodge, Knights of Honor, and died in good standing, February 13, 1895. In 1892, Louis Lopp, being then a widower, with children by a former wife, intermarried with the defendant. At this time he was a member of the Knights of Honor, carrying a benefit certificate on his life in the order. Prior to his marriage with his second wife, they entered…