Legal Opinion

Supreme Council A. L. H. v. Black

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 16, 1903No. Nos. 27, 28PublishedCited by 24 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

1Opinion of the Court

ACHESON, Circuit Judge.

Hugh W. Black, having become a member of Royal Oak Council American Legion of Honor, received from the Supreme Council American Legion of Honor, a corporation existing under the laws of the state of' Massachusetts, a benefit certificate, dated March 31, 1888, showing the contract between him and the Supreme Council American Legion of Honor, and whereby the latter agreed to pay to Margaret A. Black, the wife of Hugh W. Black, $5,000 upon satisfactory proof of his death, subject to certain specified conditions.

Black paid all the assessments (amounting to the sum of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Roehm v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Lovell v. St. Louis Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. McKee v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
  4. Ballou v. BillingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
  5. American Life Insurance v. McAdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Federal Life Insurance v. MaxamIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Fort v. Iowa Legion of HonorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  3. Mutual Relief Association v. RaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  4. Slocum v. Northwestern National Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Supreme Council A. L. H. v. LippincottCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1905

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