Grand Camp Colored Woodmen v. Ware
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court, Northern District; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. Tbe judgment against Drew and the other officers of the appellant lodge is manifest error, not responsive to the allegations of the complaint nor to the verdict of the jury. 2. The evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict against the lodge. The so-called “financial card” was inadmissible in evidence without proof of its genuineness.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This suit was commenced by appellee, who alleged in her complaint that her husband, Ed Ware, became a member of the Grand Camp Colored Woodmen, Forest of Arkansas, his membership being in Lafayette Camp, No. 179, a subordinate lodge thereof at Tupelo, Arkansas; and that her said husband had paid the fees demanded by said camp; and that there had been issued to him Benefit Certificate No. 779, for the sum of $1,000, to be paid any person who might be designated in the said certificate; and that she was the person so desighated; and all camp dues had been paid by the said Ed Ware up to the time…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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