Aubert v. Thibodeaux Benevolent Assn

Defendant, as its name indicates is an incorporated benevolent association domiciled in the Parish of Lafourche. Its purpose is to furnish pecuniary protection “to the loved ones” of its members after the death of such members, and with that object in view, it issues benefit certificates in the sum of one thousand dollars.

The present suit is upon a check for one thousand dollars issued in payment of a benefit certificate, payment of which was, upon instructions of the association, withheld by the bank, upon which it was drawn.

Defendant association is composed entirely of white persons of the…