Davidson v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Q-eokge W. Lujbke, Judge. Tbe laws of tlie endowment rank (Sec. 2, Art. 9), pointing out but the one way in which the beneficiaries could be changed, that w;ay is the only way, and necessarily excludes all others. Coleman v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor, 18 Mo. App. 181.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This action was brought to recover the sum of two thousand dollars, claimed to be due the female plaintixi by the terms of a beneficiary certificate issued by the defendant to her father, Prank K. Kirkpatrick, and payable to her. Since the issue of the certificate she inter*264married with her co-plaintiff. The case was tried, before the circuit court, sitting as a jury, upon the pleadings, an agreed statement of facts, and certain exhibits thereto, together with a deposition of Halyor Nelson, the “Supreme Master of Exchequer” of the defendant. Declarations of law were given and refused ; but, as…
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