Meyer v. Grand Lodge of Order of Sons
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by six cousins of Henry Katz to recover $1,000 upon defendant’s benefit certificate on the life of Henry Katz, deceased. Upon the petition of defendant order, Mary Kujas, C. W. Heimann, as administrator of the estate of Henry Katz, deceased, and Fairfax Lodge No. 46, were made parties defendant to the action.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county by six cousins of Henry Katz to recover $1,000 upon defendant’s benefit certificate on the life of Henry Katz, deceased. Upon the petition of defendant order, Mary Kujas, C. W. Heimann, as administrator of the estate of Henry Katz, deceased, and Fairfax Lodge No. 46, were made parties defendant to the action. The case was tried before Kelly, J., who found in favor of defendant Fairfax Lodge No. 46. From a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, Mary Kujas appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
On the twentieth of September, 1894, Henry Katz became a member of Fairfax Lodge No. 46, a subordinate lodge of the Order of the Sons of Hermann, and received a beneficiary certificate for $1,-000, payable upon his death to his father. The father having died in 1901, Mary Fernbach, later the wife of Theodore Kujas, was designated as the beneficiary. Henry Katz died March 11, 1907, being at the time a member in good standing in Fairfax Lodge. The constitution of the grand lodge (section 6) provides that the beneficiary certificate may be issued for the benefit of (1) the wife; (2) the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Middelstadt v. Grand Lodge of Order of Sons of HermannSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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