Woodson v. Colored Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor of America
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. James Stowers Hicks, Chancellor. Mary Warren Woodson, appellant, was complainant in fhe court below;-the grand lodge, and Mary Webster Woodson, appellees, were defendants there. From a decree partly favorable and partly unfavorable to complainant she appealed to the supreme court, and Mary Webster Woodson, one of the defendants, prosecuted a cross-appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. James Stowers Hicks, Chancellor. Mary Warren Woodson, appellant, was complainant in fhe court below;-the grand lodge, and Mary Webster Woodson, appellees, were defendants there. From a decree partly favorable and partly unfavorable to complainant she appealed to the supreme court, and Mary Webster Woodson, one of the defendants, prosecuted a cross-appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The chancellor found as a matter of fact that the marriage relation existing between Thomas Woodson and complainant, Mary Warren Woodson, was…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, C. J.
This suit is instituted by Mary Warren Woodson against the Colored Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor and Mary Webster Woodson. The purpose of the suit is to compel the Colored Grand Lodge Knights of Honor to pay complainant the sum of $500 and interest, which is claimed to be due under a certain life insurance policy taken out in the order by one Thomas Woodson. The policy of insurance was taken out by Thomas Woodson some timé in July, 1907. The fruits of the policy, by the terms of the contract, are made payable “to the widow or heir of the said Thomas Woodson,” and became payable at the death…
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