Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Nelson

On the 1st day of March, 1926, appellee, being a member of appellant order, was granted what is termed a pension certificate, the said certificate to be construed and determinable according to the constitution and by-laws of the appellant order. In January, 1929, appellee, while engaged in his duties as a railway trainman, by a fall received an injury to his shoulder which he claimed produced a total and permanent disability which entitled him to a pension of thirty dollars per month. Appellee made due and seasonable proof to the beneficiary board of the order, and his claim, having been by…