Guthrie v. Supreme Tent Knights of MacCabees
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. Charles Monroe, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Prank James, D. D. Aitken, and De Yere Hall, for Appellant. The contract to pay one-half of the endowment to plaintiff at the age of seventy, was without power and void.
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APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. Charles Monroe, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Prank James, D. D. Aitken, and De Yere Hall, for Appellant. The contract to pay one-half of the endowment to plaintiff at the age of seventy, was without power and void. (Walker v. Commissioner of Insurance, 103 Mich. 344, 61 N. E. 512; Calkins v. Bump, 120 Mich. 336, 79 N. W. 491; Mutual Benefit Assn. v. Hoyt, 46 Mich. 473, 9 N. W. 497; Lyon v. Rolfe, 76 Mich. 146, 42 N. W. 1094; Metropolitan etc. Co. v. O’Brien,…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
Action upon a written agreement. Judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a new trial, from which judgment and order defendant appeals.
The defendant is a corporation created under a legislative act of the state of Michigan, which authorized the incorporation of associations for certain purposes, among which were that of “ ... securing a certain sum of money weekly or monthly to any member disabled by sickness or other disability. ’ ’ The act required that persons desiring to form such associations must file in certain public offices articles of association, which, among other things,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Clymer v. Supreme CouncilU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1905
- Supreme Council A. L. H. v. McAlarneyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1905