Phillips v. Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes

John Phillips, at the time of Ms death in December 1934, was a member of tbe defendant brotherhood. The home office of the defendant, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, is in Cincinnati. Defendant is referred to in tbe record as the Grand Lodge, which had subordinate lodges in various parts of tbe United States. Mr. Phillips, a resident of Council Bluffs, joined tbe Chas. M. Owens’ Lodge Number 1390 of Red Oak, Iowa, in January 1932, which local lodge was a subordinate of the Grand Lodge. The defendant maintained a “Death Benefit Department” which was governed by rules and…