Bennett v. Phoenix Council, No. 85

This action was brought by Margaret Bennett, tbe widow of Cornelius Bennett, against The Phoenix Council No. 85, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, to recover $250 as death benefits.

The case was submitted to the court without the intervention of a jury, and the court is of the opinion that the plaintiff is entitled to a verdict for $250, with interest from May 22, 1901, the date of Bennett’s death, up to the 4th ’day of January, 1904, the first day of this term of court.

The reasoning by which I reach this conclusion is quite simple, as will presently appear.

Having decided that the…