American Patriots v. Cavanaugh

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

In the month of April, 1904, the National Fraternal Union, a fraternal benefit society created and organized under the laws of this State, issued to Lee Cavanaugh, ■of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, a certificate of membership •entitling him “to participate in the benefit fund of the National Fraternal Union, in the sum of not to exceed $1,000, payable in case of his death to his wife Elmira Cavanaugh, as now or may hereafter be provided for in the Constitution and Laws of the Order.” The certificate also contains the following…