Supreme Council Catholic Knights v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This was an action by the Supreme Council Catholic Knights of America against the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York on a bond. At the trial the jury found for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
BURTON, Circuit Judge.
The appellant here and plaintiff below is the Supreme Council Catholic Knights of America, a corporation under the laws of Kentucky. In general terms it may be described as a fraternal and beneficiary association of the members of the Catholic Church. Its chief purpose seems to have been the establishment and maintenance of a life insurance feature, by means of which a sum not exceeding $5,000 was to be paid to the family of each member out of funds raised by death assessments and paid into the common treasury, and then, under the laws of the order, paid to the…
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