Brown v. Ancient Order of United Workmen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 115, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny County, April T., 1902, No. 390, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of Mattie Brown v. Grand Lodge of the Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania Ancient Order of United Workmen et al. ' Case stated to determine title to death benefits in a benefi eial association. Before- Rodgers, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 115, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny County, April T., 1902, No. 390, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of Mattie Brown v. Grand Lodge of the Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania Ancient Order of United Workmen et al. ' Case stated to determine title to death benefits in a benefi eial association. Before- Rodgers, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff on case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mesteezat,
John P. Brown was a member of the Good Intent Lodge No. 29, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. It was a beneficial organization, and on or about October 11, 1877, it issued a beneficial certificate to him insuring his life “ in the sum of $2,000, to be paid at his death to Mattie Brown, his wife.” In 1893 Mattie Brown, the beneficiary, obtained an absolute divorce from her husband and in the same year he married Anna Z. Whaley. He died Dec'ember 22, 1901, leaving to survive him his widow, Anna Z. Brown, three children of the first wife and one child of the…
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