Berry v. National Council of Knights & Ladies of Security
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered May 11, 1918, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action upon a beneficiary certificate, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The defendant is a foreign corporation, organized and doing business as a fraternal beneficiary society. It has a lodge system and representative form of government. Its members are united in subordinate councils under the jurisdiction and control of a national council. It has a local lodge in *532Tacoma, in this state, known as “Abraham’s Council No. 1137.” George H. Berry became a member of the lodge at Tacoma, and thereupon, on March 30, 1915, defendant issued to him a beneficiary certificate in the sum of $500, payable to one to whose rights the plaintiff succeeds, upon the death of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schuster v. Knights & Ladies of SecurityWashington Supreme Court · 1910
- Kennedy v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the WorldWashington Supreme Court · 1918