Coleman v. Anderson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Leon County. W. H. and E. B. Coleman sued Anderson and others for recovery of a certificate of benefit insurance and had judgment. On defendants’ appeal the judgment was reversed and rendered in their favor. Appellees, plaintiffs below, then obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Plaintiffs in error, W. H. Coleman and R. B. Coleman, brought this action to recover of the defendants in error, Anderson, Evans & Evans, the possession of a benefit certificate issued by the Knights of Honor to R. B. Coleman as a member of that order, by which it agreed to pay to W. H. Coleman, son of the member, upon the latter’s death,"the sum of $2000.
The defense- was that the certificate was held, under the contract hereinafter stated, to secure the repayment of sums advanced to W. H. Coleman to pay the dues and assessments upon it and another certificate from…
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- Brown v. Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United WorkmenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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