Legal Opinion
Steuernagel v. Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1922PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
In 1903 the defendant, the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, issued to Daniel Steuernagel, who was a member of one of the subordinate or local lodges, a benefit certificate in the sum of $1,000, payable upon his death, if he was then a member in good standing, to Mary Steuernagel, his wife.
Daniel Steuernagel disappeared in May, 1910, and has never been heard from since. Notice of his disappearance was at once given by his wife to the collector of the local council. She was informed by the collector that at a meeting of the council he had explained the situation, and that if she wished the…
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