Fenn v. Lewis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Thayer, J. cited: Express-man’s Aid Society v. Lewis, 9 Mo. App. 412; Durian v. Central Virun, 7 Daly, 173 ; Hodge’s Appeal, 12 Ch. Leg.. N. 421; Benevolent Society v. Boosh, 14 Reporter, 165. cited: Gambs v. Insurance Co., 50 Mo. 44; Express-man’s Aid Society v. Lewis, 9 Mo. App. 412.
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
The petition sets out substantially the following facts : The-*479plaintiffs are the widow and only child of Ingram Fennr who died in September, 1878. At the time of his death, Fenn was a member of an association known as the Knights-of Honor, and of Oak Lodge, No. 100, of that association. This association is declared in its charter and constitution to have for its object “ to promote benevolence and charity by establishing a widows’ and orphans’ benefit fund, from which, on satisfactory evidence of the death of a member of the corporation who has complied with its lawful requirements, a sum,…
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