Legal Opinion
Kocher v. Supreme Council Catholic Benevolent Legion
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 4, 1901PublishedCited by 10 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hendrickson, 'J.
This suit was brought by Hary E. Kocher, the plaintiff below, against the defendant, an incorporated benevolent association located at Brooklyn, N. T., to recover $1,000 claimed to be due her as the beneficiary named in a benefit certificate dated October 29th, 1894, issued by the association to her husband, George J. Kocher.
He was a member and a second-grade contributor to the benefit fund of St. Brendan Council, No. 446, Catholic Benevolent Legion, located at Newark, N. J., a subordinate council of the defendant association. And this…
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