Legal Opinion
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias of the World v. Beck
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1899PublishedCited by 12 opinions
In Error to tie Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Montana.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
On the 1st day of April, 1895, one Frank E. Beck made application for membership in the endowment rank, Knights of Pythias, which is the insurance branch of that society’s business. The application was accepted. The applicant’s wife, Lillian H. Beck, the defendant in error here, Avas named as beneficiary. The by-laws of the society pertinent to the present case provide:
“If the death of any member of the endowment rank heretofore admitted into the first, second, third, or fourth class, or hereafter admitted, shall result from suicide, either voluntary or involuntary,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Clark v. HillsTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Heinemann v. . HeardNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Scott v. WoodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
- Hanna v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. DurdenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Thornell v. Missouri State Life Ins.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923
- Aetna Life Insurance v. KaiserCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Supreme Lodge Knights v. FosterIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901
- Modern Brotherhood of America v. WhiteSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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