Knights of Maccabees of the World v. Shields
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Nelson Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
Reversing.
The appellant is a secret fraternal insurance association, incorporated under the laws of Michigan, and transacts its business through local and subordinate lodges called “tents,” under the supervision of a grand council called the “supreme tent.”
One of' its local tents was located at Chaplin in Nelson County, Kentucky. On February 28, 1911, Dr. A. M. Shields, a practicing physician located at Chajplin, made application for membership in the Chaplin tent, on the printed blank furnished by the association, and, as a part of his application, applied…
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