Brown v. Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons

I am unable to agree with the conclusion reached by my associates. There can be no question that the deceased intended to change his beneficiary so as to make Gilbert Lodge No. 6 the recipient of the proceeds of the charity fund. There is no statute which would prevent him from making that lodge his beneficiary, since Act No. 2S6 of 1912 has no application to “grand or subordinate lodges of Masons.” See section 29 thereof. Therefore, unless the constitution, or by-laws, or rules of the lodge prevent it from becoming beneficiary, there is no reason why it could not have been named by the…