Benedict v. Grand Lodge A. O. U. W.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Charles H. Benedict, as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Josephine M. Boy, deceased, from a judgment of the district court of Bamsey county, Egan, J., entered September 28, 1891. The defendant, the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, state of Minnesota, on March 2, 1878, issued to Louis M. A. Boy its certificate that he was entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership, and to $2,000 of the beneficiary fund…
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Appeal by plaintiff, Charles H. Benedict, as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Josephine M. Boy, deceased, from a judgment of the district court of Bamsey county, Egan, J., entered September 28, 1891. The defendant, the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, state of Minnesota, on March 2, 1878, issued to Louis M. A. Boy its certificate that he was entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership, and to $2,000 of the beneficiary fund at his death, to be paid to Josephine M. Eoy, his mother, upon the condition that he should comply in every particular…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
In 1878 one Louis M. A. Eoy became a member of a subordinate lodge, called “Franklin Lodge,” in the order of United Workmen, and received from the defendant the beneficiary certificate upon which this action is founded. By the terms of this certificate and contract Josephine M. Eoy, his mother, was declared to be entitled to receive $2,000 from the beneficiary fund of the order upon the death of the said member, provided he should have complied with all its laws, rules, and requirements. Eoy died in January, 1887. His mother having subsequently died, the action is prosecuted by the…
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- Kipp v. DawsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Plath v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Backdahl v. Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United WorkmenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Scheufler v. Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United WorkmenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- State v. PerrySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
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