Bledsoe v. Hammons

This suit was brought by the trustees of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Arizona against A. T. Hammons, superintendent of banks and, as such, receiver of the Prescott State Bank, an insolvent, to impress a trust upon the latter ’s assets in favor, of the lodge. The preference sought was denied, but the demand was allowed as a general claim, and the lodge appeals.

It appears from a stipulation of the parties that the facts are, in substance, as follows: That for several years prior to November 19th, 1925, R. N. Fredericks, now deceased, as treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Free and…