Slaughter v. Slaughter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Bill of interpleader, by the Grand Lodge A. P. & A. M. (colored) of Alabama against Sarah Slaughter and Robert B. Slaughter, to- determine the right to- the proceeds of the benefit certificate in favor of Jacob Slaughter, deceased member of a local lodge. Prom a decree awarding the fund to Sarah Slaughter, Robert Slaughter appeals.
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Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Bill of interpleader, by the Grand Lodge A. P. & A. M. (colored) of Alabama against Sarah Slaughter and Robert B. Slaughter, to- determine the right to- the proceeds of the benefit certificate in favor of Jacob Slaughter, deceased member of a local lodge. Prom a decree awarding the fund to Sarah Slaughter, Robert Slaughter appeals. It appears without dispute that the deceased member, Jacob Slaughter, filed with the local secretary a certificate in due form, designating as beneficiary, “my wife Sarah Slaughter,” and that this…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, J.-
-Under the regulations and bylaws of the Masonic Lodge, which brings this- fund into court for the benefit of the person lawfuly entitled to receive it, Jacob Slaughter, the deceased member, was authorized to designate the beneficiary of the endowment to be paid at his death.
The provisions directly pertinent are:
“(a) Every endowment member should execute and deposit with the secretary of his lodge an endowment certificate showing the disposition he desires made of his endowment, which certificate shall be respected after death as his last will and testament.”
“(b) In the absence…
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