Bragaw v. Supreme Lodge Knights & Ladies of Honor
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by John G-. Bragaw against the Supreme Lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor, heard by Judge A. L. Goble and a jury, at February Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of Beaufort County. Erom a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGlare, J.
The defendant was duly incorporated in Ken' tucky in 1878 as "The Supreme Lodge KnigMs and Ladies of Honor.” It organized a subordinate lodge, Pamlico Lodge, 715, in Washington, N. C., in 1883 and in September of that year issued a policy for $1,000 to Annie C. Bragaw, in which policy her husband, the plaintiff, John C. Bragaw, was the beneficiary. The Relief Fund (or insurance) Department of the organization was a separate and distinct feature from its social and fraternal features. At the date the Bragaw policy was issued, September, 1883, the Constitution and By-Laws which had been adopted…
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