Legal Opinion

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Benson

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided December 11, 1930PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, District Judge.

The facts stated in the stipulation constitute the findings of fact in this ease. Briefly stated, the essential facts are these:

Elmer C. Benson was, at the time of his death, the holder of a beneficiary certificate of the plaintiff issued to him on December 29J 1916. The certificate recited that he was a member of Spokane Lodge No. 307, and was “entitled to all the rights, privileges, and benefits of membership, and to participate in the beneficiary department Class B of said Brotherhood to the amount set forth in the Constitution thereof,” which in the event of his…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Fink v. . FinkNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  2. Supreme Conclave v. CappellaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1890
  3. Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum v. BehrendSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  4. Delaney v. DelaneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Shuman v. Ancient Order of United WorkmenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Doering v. BuechlerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
  2. Carroll v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
  3. Boyd v. CurranDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
  4. Southern Lumber Co. v. PearceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
  5. Will & Appointment of Estate of Kipke v. KipkaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002

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