Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor v. Nairn
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Clair. (Stevens, J.) The defendant, Richardson, was the beneficiary named in the certificate issued by complainant to one Harry Travel*, deceased, who in his lifetime made an attempted transfer of the same, as stated in the opinion, to her co-defendant, Nairn, the validity of which the beneficiary, Richardson, denies. Complainant filed a bill of interpleader to settle these conflicting claims.
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Appeal from St. Clair. (Stevens, J.) The defendant, Richardson, was the beneficiary named in the certificate issued by complainant to one Harry Travel*, deceased, who in his lifetime made an attempted transfer of the same, as stated in the opinion, to her co-defendant, Nairn, the validity of which the beneficiary, Richardson, denies. Complainant filed a bill of interpleader to settle these conflicting claims. The court below decreed that the defendant, Nairn, was entitled to the fund, less fifty dollars awarded to complainant for its expenses, and required him to execute a bond, conditioned…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
Complainant filed a bill of interpleader to settle the contending claims of the two defendants to a sum of $2,000, under a member’s benefit certificate issued to Harry Traver, now deceased, who was a member of one of the subordinate lodges of the association represented by complainant.
It appears from the record that the order of which complainant is a corporate representative, or various associations connected with it, became, at different times, incorporated in different states. It also appears that there is a general association to which the smaller bodies are said to conform, having local…
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