Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. v. Hanses
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the City of St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. (1) A person occupying the relation of mistress or concubine in ignorance of the true state of affairs, and in the belief that she is the wife of the member in a benefit society, when named, in his certificate as a “dependent,” and shown to have lived with the member and been supported by him, comes within the classes named in the law creating benefit societies in Missouri.
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Appeal from the City of St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. (1) A person occupying the relation of mistress or concubine in ignorance of the true state of affairs, and in the belief that she is the wife of the member in a benefit society, when named, in his certificate as a “dependent,” and shown to have lived with the member and been supported by him, comes within the classes named in the law creating benefit societies in Missouri. Lodge v. Eisner, 26 Mo. App. 108; Keener v. Lodge, 38 Mo. App. 543. (2) Any evidence tending to show the dependency of the beneficiary is…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
This is an interpleading contest between the lawful wife and heirs of a deceased member of a fraternal beneficial order and one Anna E. Riebling, designated in the benefit certificate, which is the subject of dispute, issued upon the member’s life, as his “dependent housekeeper.” Under the laws of the order providing for the payment of the fund represented by a benefit certificate in case of a failure to designate a beneficiary therein to the heirs at law of the deceased, the trial court awarded the fund which had been paid into court to the lawful widow and heirs of the deceased member. Mrs.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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