Jackman v. Nelson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, by the daughters of Horace Nelson against his widow, to compel the distribution of a fund of $3,000, the proceeds of a certificate of membership issued to him in the Royal Arcanum. Writ dated February 15, 1886. Hearing in the Superior Court, before Hammond, J., who reported the case for the determination of this court, such decree to be entered as law and justice might require, in substance as follows.
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Bill in equity, by the daughters of Horace Nelson against his widow, to compel the distribution of a fund of $3,000, the proceeds of a certificate of membership issued to him in the Royal Arcanum. Writ dated February 15, 1886. Hearing in the Superior Court, before Hammond, J., who reported the case for the determination of this court, such decree to be entered as law and justice might require, in substance as follows. Horace Nelson, on July 3, 1879, became a member of the Royal Arcanum, a beneficiary association, whose certificate of incorporation recited that it was formed “for the purpose…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
One of the purposes of the Royal Arcanum society, as expressed in the certificate of incorporation, was “assisting the widows and orphans of deceased members,” and establishing a fund for “ a widows and orphans' benefit fund.” The constitution specified, as an object of the society, “ to assist the widows and orphans of deceased members,” and “to establish a widows and orphans’ benefit fund, from which .... a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars shall be paid to his family, or those dependent on him, as he may direct.” In the by-laws it was provided that “ Each applicant shall enter upon…
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