Legal Opinion
Lamont v. Grand Lodge Iowa Legion of Honor
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
Decided June 20, 1887PublishedCited by 8 opinions
In Equity. Bill and cross-bill.
1Opinion of the CourtShiras, J.
On the seventh day of April, 1883, J. P. Heulett became a member of the organization known as the “Iowa Legion of Honor;” a certificate of membership being issued to him, reciting that, as member of the Garfield Lodge No. 126, he was “entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership in the Iowa Legion of Honor, and to participate in the beneficiary fund of the order to the amount of two thousand dollars, which sum shall, at his death, be paid to his daughter Mary II. Heulett Lamont.” In the constitution of the order it is declared that the business and object of this order are to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Whitehurst's Adm'r v. Whitehurst's WidowSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
- Mitchell v. Grand Lodge Iowa Knights of HonorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
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