Canfield v. Great Camp of the Knights of the Maccabees
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Macomb. (Canfield, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
This case was tried by the court, and the finding contains the following material facts:
Defendant is a mutual benefit association incorporated *627under Act No. 89, Laws of 1883 (3 How. Stat. chap. 163), for the improvement morally, socially, and intellectually of its members, and for the purpose of establishing a benefit fund, from which shall he paid a certain sum to the member, or his widow, or certain other relatives, as he may direct, and as the endowment laws of the order provide. Its constitution provides for á Great Camp, composed of certain officers and one representative from each of…
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