Ange v. Woodmen of the World
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried before Whedbee,, J., and a jury, at August Term, 1916, of WASHINGTON. The action was to recover damages for physical injuries received when plaintiff was being initiated into a subordinate lodge of 'defendant, the Sovereign Camp or the Order. At the close of plaintiff’s testimony, on motion, there was judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
From the testimony introduced by plaintiff and the admissions in the pleadings, it appeared, or there were facts in evidence tending to show, that the defendant, the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World, was a corporation duly organized and doing an insurance business on the fraternal plan as a principal or controlling feature, and that the Jamesville Lodge was a branch or subordinate lodge of defendant through which, with others of like kind, individuals were admitted as members of defendant lodge under an initiation or ceremony as prescribed by a ritual prescribed and issued by the…
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