Peterson v. Cleaver
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Douglas county: Lee S. Estelle, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment in the district court for Douglas county for $1,500 against the. defendants in an action for libel. Defendants have appealed.
The defendant, the Degree of Honor of the state of Nebraska, is a fraternal organization doing a fraternal insurance business, having also social features, and composed of a grand lodge with subordinate .lodges. It is a corporation organized under the special provisions of our' statute relating to fraternal benefit societies.
At the time in question the defendant, Mayme Hedrick Cleaver, held the post of Grand Chief of Honor, which was…
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