Red Cloud Tribe v. Wilson

This is an action (instituted by notice of motion for judgment) brought by Bertha M. Wilson against Red Cloud Tribe, Number 58, Improved Order of Red Men of Messick, York county, Virginia. The parties are referred to as they appeared in the court below.

The plaintiff is the widow of Howard Wilson who, at the time of his death and for several years prior to that time, was a member of the defendant association.

The defendant (to which we shall hereafter refer as the Tribe), a fraternal benefit society, is an unincorporated association,1 which is a subordinate lodge of the “Great Council of…