Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen v. Burns
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of interpleader to determine the validity of a death-benefit certificate for $2,000 issued by the predecessor of the plaintiff, brought, to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the defendants were required to interplead (Reed, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Williams, J.; facts found and judgment rendered holding the certificate invalid, and appeal by the defendant Mary E. Burns.
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Action in the nature of interpleader to determine the validity of a death-benefit certificate for $2,000 issued by the predecessor of the plaintiff, brought, to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the defendants were required to interplead (Reed, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Williams, J.; facts found and judgment rendered holding the certificate invalid, and appeal by the defendant Mary E. Burns. The Ancient Order of United Workmen of Connecticut is an incorporated fraternal insurance organization composed of duly-elected representatives of subordinate lodges,…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, C. J.
The appeal in this case contains several assignments of error and numerous claims for the correction of the finding.
It is said in the brief of the appellant that the two questions raised are: first, was the law adopted by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut in 1901, suspending any member of the Order who engaged in the retail business of selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and rendering his benefit certificate void, “a reasonable law or regulation, and therefore binding upon John W. Burns”; and second, “did the plaintiff waive said law, so far as it related to said Burns, by its conduct”…
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- Gilmore v. Knights of ColumbusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
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