Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Smith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Action by Ike Smith against the Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Eailroad Trainmen. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, and plaintiff brings a cross-appeal. We come now to the main point in this case, that is to say whether the plaintiff (appellee) is bound by the plain provisions of section 68, and whether section 70 shall be held to mean exactly what it says.
Read the full summary
Appeal from circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Action by Ike Smith against the Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Eailroad Trainmen. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, and plaintiff brings a cross-appeal. We come now to the main point in this case, that is to say whether the plaintiff (appellee) is bound by the plain provisions of section 68, and whether section 70 shall be held to mean exactly what it says. In the case of Pool v. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 148 Cal. 650, 77 Pac. 611, the sections of the constitution relied upon are sections 45 and 46 which…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The appellee, Ike Smith, sued appellant, Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, in the circuit court of the First district of Hinds county on a “beneficiary certificate” held by him in appellant, a benevolent accident and life insurance society, and recovered a judgment, from which appellant prosecutes this appeal. Appellee also in the same suit sought to recover the premiums or dues paid by him on said beneficiary certificate since his injury in 1915, which was denied him by the trial court, which action of the court is the basis of a cross-appeal by appellee.
On November 3' 1915,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Robinson v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
- Pool v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
- Convery v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914
- Bond v. Grand Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
3Cited by11 opinions
- Kelly v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
- Parrott v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. NelsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. PowersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- Huffman v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1935
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.