Montour v. Grand Lodge
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. Action by Lillie Myrtle Montour, by Helen Montour, her guardian ad litem, against the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workman of Oregon to recover the sum of $2,000 on a certificate of mutual life insurance issued by the defendant to Daniel Montour, plaintiff’s father, in which she is named as the beneficiary.
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From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. Action by Lillie Myrtle Montour, by Helen Montour, her guardian ad litem, against the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workman of Oregon to recover the sum of $2,000 on a certificate of mutual life insurance issued by the defendant to Daniel Montour, plaintiff’s father, in which she is named as the beneficiary. The transcript shows that the defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, for the purpose, -among others, of creating a fund. from which is drawn a stipulated sum upon the death of a qualified member,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
The constitution of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, so far as deemed applicable herein, provides, in general terms, that the beneficiary fund shall remain in the treasuries of the subordinate lodges until called for, and be composed of assessments made from timé to time upon the members, one of which is paid by each member as a part of his admission fee. Whenever such fund in the grand lodge treasury becomes less than $2,000, the grand recorder is required, upon the first day of the month, to call upon the subordinate lodges to forward the beneficiary fund *54in their…
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