Grand Lodge of United Brothers of Friendship & Sisters of Mysterious Ten v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance

The plaintiff is a fraternal beneficiary society incorporated under Article 11, Chapter 90, Revised Statutes 1919, and conducting an insurance business among the negroes in this State and part of Iowa. There were about 1700 members at the time here involved. The defendant Williams was grand. treasurer of the organization between September, 1919, and October, 1922. A fidelity bond written by the defendant Bonding Company protected the Grand Lodge against pecuniary losses of money, securities or other personal property sustained through the acts of larceny or embezzlement on the .part of Grand…