Advance Beneficial Order's Assigned Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1910, by Gotthold Haug, from order of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 1,985, on case stated for the commonwealth in proceedings to escheat, In re Assigned Estate of Advance Beneficial Order. Petition in escheat.
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Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1910, by Gotthold Haug, from order of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 1,985, on case stated for the commonwealth in proceedings to escheat, In re Assigned Estate of Advance Beneficial Order. Petition in escheat. A case stated was agreed upon as follows: The parties to this case stated, by their attorneys, agree to the following facts: The Advance Beneficial Order was a corporation under the laws of Pennsylvania, a fraternal beneficial organization. It had within it, subordinate bodies or lodges; used ritualistic ceremonies, collected assessments from its…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The parties having entered into an agreement in writing, which was submitted as a case stated in the court below *212and appears in this report, it is unnecessary to recite the facts in this opinion. The opinion of the learned judge of the court below, which will also appear in the report of this case, fully vindicates the conclusion at which he arrived. When the Advance Beneficial Order became insolvent,, made an assignment of its property for the benefit of creditors and was dissolved, the property in the hands of the assignee and which subsequently passed to the receiver…
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