Drum v. Benton
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a decree in a suit by the beneficiary named in a certificate of membership in a mutual benefit association, to have the deceased member reinstated as of the time of his death, and for payment to her of the amount of the benefit. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Mrs. Sarah H. Benton, widow of James W. Benton, deceased, against the appellants, the officers and representatives of the Army Mutual Aid Association, an unincorporated association having its place of business in the City of Washington, for the purpose of having reinstated to membership of the association her deceased husband at the time of his death, and of having decreed against the defendants, representing the association, the benefits alleged to be due her, as beneficiary appointed by her late husband, from the benefit fund of the the…
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- Clark v. SigourneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846
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