Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. A. E. & F. W. Fraley
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Harrison County. Fraleys, as executors, sued the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World to recover on a benefit certificate issued to W. B. Fraley, deceased, husband of their testator. Plaintiffs recovered judgment, and it was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
On the 1st day of January, 1891, under the general laws of the State of Nebraska, certain persons filed articles of incorporation for the purpose of creating what was to he known as the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World. Article first provided that the name of the corporation should be “Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World, with powers to make its own constitution, laws, - rituals, rules of order, and discipline and secret work, and for supervisory and legislative control over the general laws and regulations of the sovereign camp, and its jurisdiction…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Davidson v. Old People's Mutual Benefit SocietySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Derry Council No. 40 v. State CouncilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Warnebold v. Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United WorkmenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Fitzgerald v. Equitable Reserve Fund Life Ass'nCity of New York Municipal Court · 1888
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- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Matter of George v. . Holstein-Friesian Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Cabana v. Holstein-Friesian Ass'n of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1920
- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. KrenekCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
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