Legal Opinion
Campbell v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 1897PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Contract, to recover $1,000 under a certificate of membership issued by the defendant corporation to George Campbell, and payable to the plaintiff, who was his widow. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, the material parts of which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The decision of this case depends upon the construction to be given to the following provisions of the Revised General Laws of the defendant:
“ The secretary of a section shall forward to the Board of Control the monthly payments and dues collected, immediately after the tenth day of each and every month.
“ If such payments and dues are not received by the Board of Control on or before the last day of the same month, the section so failing to pay, and all members thereof, shall stand suspended from' membership in the endowment rank, and their certificates, and all right, title, and interest…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Shea v. Massachusetts Benefit Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Bouton v. American Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- Rindge v. New England Mutual Aid SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Rice v. New England Mutual Aid SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Buell v. ChapinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
3Cited by10 opinions
- Knights of Pythias v. WithersSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Kidder v. Supreme Commandery United Order of the Golden CrossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Console v. TorchinskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
- Smythe v. Supreme Lodge, K. P.District Court, N.D. New York · 1912
- Brown v. Supreme Court of the Independent Order of ForestersNew York Supreme Court · 1901
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