Dalton v. Knights of Columbus
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover a death benefit, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before RorabacJc, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover a death benefit, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before RorabacJc, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The defendant was incorporated by a special act of the legislature, February 24th, 1898. Andrew M. Dalton was an insurance' member of the defendant organization, and by the terms of this membership the defendant became obligated to pay, upon the member’s death (the conditions of membership having been complied with), a death benefit of $1,000. In March, 1898, in the manner provided in the…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The answer to the only real question properly presented by this appeal depends upon the meaning that should be given the words “immediate family,” as used in the defendant’s charter in describing the persons who are legally capable of taking a death benefit.
The charter forbids the payment of a death benefit to the executor or administrator of a deceased member, and defines the persons to whom alone such benefit may lawfully be paid in the following language: “ A. To such person or persons of the immediate family of said member as by him designated. B. To such person or persons, in default of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Crosgrove v. CrosgroveSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Knights of Columbus v. RoweSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Wood v. WoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Town of Cheshire v. Town of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
- Hoadly v. WoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
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