Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. v. Cleghorn

HEILL, Associate Justice.

In June, 1896, Josefa Jesusa de la Garza Cleghorn brought suit in the District Court of Bexar County against the Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen of Texas upon a benefit certificate issued to one Benjamin Cleghorn, a member of said order. Afterwards, another person under the name of Josefa Jesusa de la Garza Cleghorn intervened in the cause, and claimed that she was entitled, as the surviving wife of Benjamin Cleghorn, to recover on said benefit certificate. At the March term, 1897, of the District Court, the court at the instance of the grand lodge…