Olmstead v. Masonic Mutual Benefit Society
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Reno District Court Action by Osear W. Olmstead, executor of the estate of David D. Olmstead, deceased, against The Masonie Mutual Benefit Soeiety of Kansas, upon a policy issued by said society on the life of D. I). Olmstead. Trial at the September Term, 1885, and judgment for the plaintiff. W. J. Olmstead and the other legal representatives and heirs of Jennett Olmstead have brought the case to this court. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
This is a controversy among several claimants to money due upon a certificate of membership issued by the Masonic Mutual Benefit Society of Kansas, a cooperative insurance company organized for charitable and benevolent purposes. It was organized under the laws of Kansas, and its declared purpose is “ to give financial aid and benefit to the widows, orphans and dependents of deceased members thereof.” David D. Olmstead became a member of the society, and as such there was issued to him on February 4,1874, a certificate of membership, by…
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