Richardson v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered October 10, 1911, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action upon a beneficiary certificate.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant is a fraternal beneficiary society operating on the lodge system. The respondent became a member of one of the appellant’s local lodges, known as Sprague Lodge No. 133, located at Spokane, and on October '8, 1909, took out a beneficiary certificate in the appellant lodge, entitling him to share in the lodge’s beneficiary fund to the extent of $1,500 in case he received certain enumerated physical injuries or bodily ailments while a member *77thereof in good standing. On November 2, 1910, the respondent met with a serious physical injury of a nature entitling him to share in the…
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