Grand Fraternity v. Melton
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Mrs. Melton sued the Grand Fraternity and had judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
On the 28th day of October, 1901, the Supreme Lodge of the United Moderns, a foreign corporation, issued to J. H. Melton a certificate of membership whereby it agreed upon the death of the said Melton to pay $1,000 to Mattie Ketehum Melton. The constitution of the United Moderns contained this provision: "If any member dies ... by self-destruction, whether sane or insane, . . . then in such case the beneficiary certificate, together with all claims by reason of membership, shall be null and void.” The Unitéd Modems and the Grand Fraternity consolidated into one concern under the name of the…
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