District Grand Lodge No. 23, United Order of Odd Fellows v. Hill
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Peabson. Action by Annie Hill against the District Grand Lodge No. 23, United Order of Odd Fellows in America. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Peabson. Action by Annie Hill against the District Grand Lodge No. 23, United Order of Odd Fellows in America. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The following portions of the oral charge were excepted to: (1) “But- it is insisted here by the plaintiff that Pines was financial, in that he was entitled to certain sick benefits, and that these sick benefits paid the premium. If that be true, then he would have been financial, if, as a matter of fact, his…
1Opinion of the Court
dm GRAFFENRIED, J.
The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America is a beneficial unincorporated association operating, in the United States, and having for its object the social enjoyment and good fellowship of its members, the insurance of their lives for *487the benefit of their wives and children, or snch other persons as the members may designate as their beneficiaries, and providing means for the comfort or sustenance of its members when sick, their funerals, etc. The order seems to be composed of one Supreme Lodge, of Grand- Lodges, and of lodges. The Shipreme Lodge is the general…
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