Arthur v. Odd Fellows Beneficial Ass'n
Ohio Supreme Court
Motion for leave to file petition in error to reverse the-judgment of the District Court of Franklin county The Odd Fellows’ Beneficial Association of Columbus, Ohio, was incorporated and organized under an act supplementary to an act to provide for the creation and regulation of incorporated companies, passed May 1,1852, passed April 20, 1872, “for the purpose of mutual protection and relief of its members, and for the payment of stipulated sums of money to the families or…
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Motion for leave to file petition in error to reverse the-judgment of the District Court of Franklin county The Odd Fellows’ Beneficial Association of Columbus, Ohio, was incorporated and organized under an act supplementary to an act to provide for the creation and regulation of incorporated companies, passed May 1,1852, passed April 20, 1872, “for the purpose of mutual protection and relief of its members, and for the payment of stipulated sums of money to the families or heirs of deceased members of the association.” In the certificate of incorporation it is declared: “ That the business…
1Opinion of the CourtGilmore, J.
If the will of the testator controls the fund in question at all, it must do so either because it bequeaths to the plaintiffs property belonging to the testator, or because it constitutes an execution in their favor of the power of direction or appointment given to the testator by one of the provisions of the 21st section of the laws and regulations of the association.
These laws and regulations determine the rights of the members and the association, and may be enforced by the-parties or beneficiaries according to their respective rights,, as therein provided. .
The contract which the…
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