Glardon v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the World

— This action was instituted by the widow and children of John P. Glardon, deceased, to recover from the defendant the sum of $1,000 on a benefit certificate, known as a certificate of membership in the first class, issued by the defendant to the deceased. The case was tried by the court sitting as a jury; judgment was entered for the defendant, and the plaintiffs prosecute this appeal.

The answer sets up that John P. Glardon was not in good standing in the endowment rank at the date of his death, which took place on the fifteenth of October, 1883, and that he was not a member of such…