Deadwyler v. Grand Lodge K. of P.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

Action by beneficiaries to recover of the defendant, a domestic fraternal order, a sum alleged to be payable in accordance with the terms of a policy of insurance issued to one Lacy Deadwyler, deceased.

The defense was that Lacy Deadwyler, as a member of the defendant order, was bound by the following rule: “Any member meeting death as the result of intemperance or immoral conduct, or by suicide, shall not be entitled to the benefit provided in case of death,” and that he had met death “as the result of intemperance or immoral…