Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons of Texas v. Walker

LOONEY, Justice.

Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Texas, a corporation, appellant herein, is a fraternal benefit society, organized under and governed by the provisions of chapter 8, title 78, of the Statutes (article 4820 et seq., as amended [Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 4820 et seq.])'; maintains a grand and subordinate lodges, one of which is at Denison, Tex., known as Solomon Lodge No. 94. Richard Walker, at the time of his death (January 19, 1932), was a member of said lodge and had been for 35 years prior thereto. After his death, and in due time, Lizzie Walker, surviving wife of…