Fain v. Feldman

Duckworth, Justice.

The plaintiff contends that the Atlanta Police Relief Association is a “fraternal beneficiary order,” and that the limitation upon the classes of persons eligible as beneficiaries fixed by the Code, § 56-1703, is applicable; and from this premise it is argued that Mrs. Lena Feldman, who was neither related to nor dependent upon the member, Mr. Fain, was ineligible as a beneficiary, and that the attempt to name her as such was void, leaving the original beneficiary unchanged. The purposes for which the association was formed, as stated in the charter and by-laws and…