Knights of Columbus v. Rowe
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill of interpleader, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of Annie E. and Mary A. Rowe, and appeal by the defendant Thomas Rowe for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Bill of interpleader, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of Annie E. and Mary A. Rowe, and appeal by the defendant Thomas Rowe for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. From the allegations of the complaint of the plaintiff, a fraternal benevolent corporation, it appeared that David J. Rowe died on the 11th day of December, 1885, and that at the time of his death he was a member in good standing in said corporation; that by its charter and laws it was under obligation to pay $1,000 to the…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
By the Act incorporating the plaintiff (10 Special Laws, 927), and according to its laws in force at the date of the death of the said David J. Rowe, the plaintiff was obliged to pay, on the death of a member in good standing, $1,000 (1) to such person of his immediate family as the member should designate; (2) in default of an immediate family, then to such relative of the member as he should designate; (3) in default of any designation by the member, either within or outside of such family as above named, then such sum is to be paid to sirch family, or relative, who are heirs at law of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wood v. WoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
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