Heasley v. Heasley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 62, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1896, No. 204, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for an interpleader. The fact's appear by the opinion of White, P. J., which was as follows: Jeremiah H. Heasley, living in Emlenton, Venango county, Pennsylvania, was a member of the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association of Chicago, Illinois, and had a certificate for the payment by the association of $5,000 at Ms death.
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Appeal, No. 62, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1896, No. 204, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for an interpleader. The fact's appear by the opinion of White, P. J., which was as follows: Jeremiah H. Heasley, living in Emlenton, Venango county, Pennsylvania, was a member of the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association of Chicago, Illinois, and had a certificate for the payment by the association of $5,000 at Ms death. The original certificate was issued March 10, 1879, numbered 8288, payable at his death to his son,- Pitt O. Heasley, if then…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mitchell,
This is an interpleader between claimants to a fund brought into court by the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association in discharge of its liability on a certificate of membership issued to Jeremiah H. Heasley, Sr.
The association is an Illinois corporation, chartered as a beneficial association, and it issued its certificate of membership in that capacity. By the law of Illinois such associations are not insurance companies. Prima facie this association therefore was a beneficial association, and it was so held in Northwestern Masonic Aid Association v. Jones, 154…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Equitable Beneficial Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Northwestern Masonic Aid Ass'n v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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