Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Meyer
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR AND CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEBRASKA. Error and certiorari to a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nebraska affirming a judgment for the plaintiff, Meyer, in an action to recover insurance under a benefit certificate issued by the plaintiff in error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
This case is here on error and also upon petition for writ of certiorari. Consideration of the latter was postponed until hearing on the merits.
Defendant in error was the beneficiary named in a benefit certificate of life insurance issued to one of its members, by the plaintiff in error, a fraternal order created by Act of Congress of June 29, 1894, c. 119, 28 Stat. 96. Upon the death of the assured an action was brought in a state court by the beneficiary to recover the amount of the insurance, and judgment was rendered in his favor. On appeal to the State Supreme Court the judgment was…
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