Compton's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 81, Jan. T., 1904, by Jacob Compton, from decree of O. C. Lackawanna Co., Series “C,” No. 622, distributing fund in estate of Cornelius Compton, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Sando, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree awarding fund to guardian of Lorin C. Compton.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
When, in 1897, Cornelius Compton, the decedent, made application to become a member of the D. L. & W. Mutual Aid Association he had a minor son, who at that time and until the death of the former, lived with his mother, the divorced wife of Compton, and her second husband. He had no other family.
*30Article 15 of the constitution and by-laws contains the following sections, to which reference will have to be made in this discussion: “Section 5. In case of the death of a member in good standing, either from sickness arising'from natural causes or from an injury received in a…
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