Quinn v. Catholic Knights
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Shelby County. John L. T. Sneed, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.
Thomas Quinn was a member of the order of Catholic Knights of America, and there was issued to him, as such, a beneficial certificate, in which this institution agreed to pay to his wife, Mary Quinn, $2,000, at his death, upon the condition that he continued, during life, to pay into the order the dues, assessments, etc., required under its constitution. Subsequently, finding the payments which were necessary to keep him in full fellowship in the order, were becoming too burdensome, he proposed to defendant, Carter, if he would repay to him (Quinn) the sum of fifty-five dollars, already paid…
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