Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen v. Frank
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Donovan, J. Bill of interpleader by the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen against Lewis M. Frank and Anna Estella Frank to determine the right to the proceeds of a benefit certificate. Defendant Anna Estella Frank filed an answer in the nature of a cross-bill, to which defendant Lewis M. Frank demurred; and from an order overruling the demurrer he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Charles P. Frank, a resident of Detroit, died on the 5th day of February, 1902, leaving at the time of his death, as his heirs at law, his wife, Anna Estella Frank, and his father, Lewis M. Frank. On April 8, 1887, Charles P. Frank took out a beneficiary certificate for $2,000 in the Ancient Order of United Workmen; making his wife, A. Estella Frank (Anna Estalla Frank), the beneficiary thereunder. The present bill is a bill of interpleader, setting out that on July 20, 1898, Charles P. Frank surrendered the beneficiary certificate, and took out a new one, payable to his mother, Elizabeth V.…
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