Supreme Lodge Knights v. Anderson

*482OPINION of the Court by

Judge Lassing

Reversing.

The Supreme Lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor is a secret fraternal benefit society, which operates under the lodge system and obtains its members through its subordinate lodges. It is both a charitable and benevolent institution, and maintains a relief fund, created by the assessment of monthly dues upon its members. Out of this fund certain death benefits, provided for in its benefit cértificates, are paid. It is operated by, and solely for, the benefit of its members, without profit, and is a mutual organization in which each member in good…