Flynn v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The widow of Patrick J. Flynn, who was a yardman in the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, brought this action against the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen upon a beneficiary certificate issued by it to her husband. Payment was resisted, the defense being that he had been expelled from that organization several years before his death. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff on the ground that the expulsion proceedings were invalid. The defendant appeals.

1. An order was made by the lodge of which the plaintiff’s husband…