Reynolds v. Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court in its amended and substituted form on March 6, 1906, and described in the opinion. The case came on to be heard before Braley, J., who reserved it upon the pleadings and agreed facts for determination by the full court, such decree to be entered as justice and equity might require.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill in equity to set aside certain changes in the defendant’s by-laws which affect the rights of certificate holders. The defendant is a fraternal beneficiary association, organized under the laws of Massachusetts in 1877, and now subject to the provisions of R. L. c. 119, and the acts in amendment thereof. The plaintiffs are certificate holders, who bring this bill for themselves and in behalf of others. From the time of its organization the defendant issued certificates to members, agreeing to pay to a designated beneficiary a sum not exceeding a certain number of dollars on the…
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