Keels v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

As we gather from the record in this case, one John Keels, at the time of his death in 1929, was in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company, and held a membership in the relief department of that company, the object of which was to establish a fund to be paid in definite amounts to employees contributing thereto, or, in the event of the death of any such employee, to a beneficiary designated by him. By reason of the membership of Keels, the railway company, at his death, was under obligation to pay to the person…