Doggett Ex Rel. Doggett v. United Order of the Golden Cross
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN to recover tbe amount of a benefit certificate for $1,000, issued by tbe defendant to a deceased member, Leonora O. Doggett, for tbe benefit of ber two daughters, tbe plaintiffs in this action, tried before Allen, J., at January Term, 1900, of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg Comity.
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Civil ActioN to recover tbe amount of a benefit certificate for $1,000, issued by tbe defendant to a deceased member, Leonora O. Doggett, for tbe benefit of ber two daughters, tbe plaintiffs in this action, tried before Allen, J., at January Term, 1900, of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg Comity. The complaint contained an averment of due notice given to- the def endant of the death of the assured, and of a demand on and refusal of payment by defendant of the sum secured in the benefit certificate. The answer denied the notice and alleged that plaintiffs had failed to furnish proofs of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The defendant appellant is a benevolent association incorporated under the laws of Tennessee in the name of “The Supreme Oommandery United Order of the Golden Cross of the World.” It embraces within its organization of the Supreme Oommandery, Grand Oommanderies and Subordinate Oommanderies. The chief officer of the society is called Supreme Commander, the second Grand Commander,- and the third Noble Commander. All of.the subordinate officers have titles equally as high sounding as those we have named. The motto of the society is “Fraternity, Beneficence and Protection,” and its avowed objects…
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