Electrical Workers Benefit Ass'n v. Derrickson

The Vice-Chancellor :

In this case, a fund, paid into court by a fraternal benefit association, is claimed by the person designated as beneficiary in the benefit certificate, and also by those entitled under the laws of intestacy to the personalty of the deceased member of the association. The determining issues are whether under a proper construction of the agreement represented by the benefit certificate and by-laws of the association, the fund is payable to the named beneficiary or to the other claimants; and whether restrictive provisions of the by-laws relating to beneficiaries may be…