Manning v. Ancient Order of United Workmen
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 20 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. When the benefit certificate was issued appellant’s right to the fund named therein was vested, and could not he divested except in the-mode pointed out in the charter. (Ky. M. M. Life Ins. Co. v. Miller, 13 Bush, 494; Weisert v. Muehl, 5 Ky. Law Rep., 288; Vollman’s Appeal, 92 Pa. St., 52; Hellenberg v. Dist. No. 1 of I. O. B. B., 94 N.,Y., 584; 101 Pa. St., Ill; Eastman v. Prov. M. R. Asso., 20 Cent.
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Case 20 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. When the benefit certificate was issued appellant’s right to the fund named therein was vested, and could not he divested except in the-mode pointed out in the charter. (Ky. M. M. Life Ins. Co. v. Miller, 13 Bush, 494; Weisert v. Muehl, 5 Ky. Law Rep., 288; Vollman’s Appeal, 92 Pa. St., 52; Hellenberg v. Dist. No. 1 of I. O. B. B., 94 N.,Y., 584; 101 Pa. St., Ill; Eastman v. Prov. M. R. Asso., 20 Cent. Law J., 266.) And even if the appellee ever had the right to waive a compliance with the charter provision, it could not…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HOLT
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee, The Ancient order of United Workmen,, issued to Robert K. Manning, through its Supreme *137Lodge, on January 13, 1879, a certificate of membership as a master workman, entitling him to an interest in its beneficiary fund to the extent of two thousand dollars, it, by the terms of the certificate, to be paid at his death to his brother, the appellant, Lelly J. Manning.
By the regulations of the order this insurance was obtained through the subordinate lodge. The certificate" was sent to it for the insured, but for some reason not disclosed…
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