Knights of Honor v. Watson
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill OB’ Interpleader, by a mutual benefit association, to determine to whom a benefit of $2,000 accruing on the death of Frank P. Watson, a member of the association, should be paid, and particularly whether Mrs. May Lamprey, one of the defendants, is entitled to receive $250, part of the $2,000.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
January 2, 1878, Frank P. Watson received from Aurora Lodge, No. 708, of Knights of Honor, a local lodge of that organization established at Laconia, of which he was a member, a benefit certificate for the sum of $2,000, payable to Fred C. Watson, one of the defendants. The constitution of the supreme lodge at that time authorized the issuing of a benefit certificate, payable on the death of the member to his family, or as he might direct. In 1881 the supreme lodge called in all certificates issued by local lodges. F. P. Watson surrendered his certificate, and received a new one for the same…
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