Everett v. Supreme Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion

The question herein presented is as to the power of defendant, a New York fraternal assessment society, so to amend its constitution and laws as to charge against a member’s benefit certificate a hen for failure to contribute to a reserve fund created for the benefit of members who should join the order after the creation of such fund, as required by an amendment to such constitution and laws enacted after deceased became a member of the society.

The familiar history is here repeated of such an organization giving insurance at inadequate, flat, uniform rates in the early years of its…