Maccabees v. Stone

This is a bill of interpleader filed by the Maccabees, a fraternal benefit association, directed against appellee and appellants. The suit has to do with the disposition of the proceeds of a certain benefit certificate held by John A. Warner in the association, at the time of his death. Appellee is a sister of the deceased, and appellants are the trustees of the John C. Proctor Endowment.

Appellants as trustees of the Proctor Endowment, maintain a home for the aged, pursuant to the will of John C. Proctor, wherein he provided for the establishment and operation of such a home as a charity for…