Moran v. Knights of Columbus
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Second District; Hon. J. A. Howell, Judge. Action by Mary Moran against tbe Knights of Columbus. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. APPELLANT’S POINTS. A member of a fraternal benefit society is bound by subsequently enacted by-laws or alterations in those previously-existing, but such by-laws or alterations will be given a prospective operation unless it clearly appears that they were intended to operate retrospectively.
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Appeal from District Court, Second District; Hon. J. A. Howell, Judge. Action by Mary Moran against tbe Knights of Columbus. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. APPELLANT’S POINTS. A member of a fraternal benefit society is bound by subsequently enacted by-laws or alterations in those previously-existing, but such by-laws or alterations will be given a prospective operation unless it clearly appears that they were intended to operate retrospectively. (Maynard v. Loco-Uve Engineers’ Mut. L. etc. Ins. Assoc., 14 Utah 458, 47 Pac. 1030; Roberts v. Cohen, 70 N. Y. Supp. 57; affirmed, 173'…
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
This action was commenced by the plaintiff as the widow of one William J. Moran, deceased, late of Ogden, Utah, to *403recover upon a life insurance policy or so-called benefit certificate issued by the defendant, whereby it insured the life of the deceased for the sum of $1,000. It is not necessary to set forth the allegations of the complaint in detail. It is sufficient to state that the plaintiff, in substance, alleged that the defendant is a corporation, and that in September, 1904, it duly executed and delivered to the deceased, a single man, a certain policy of insurance, hereinafter called…
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- Coughlin v. Knights of ColumbusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
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- West v. Norwich Union Fire Insurance SocietyUtah Supreme Court · 1894
- Johanson v. Grand Lodge A. O. U. W.Utah Supreme Court · 1906
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