Stephenson v. Supreme Council A. L. H.

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

In many respects this controversy resembles the cases of Supreme Council, etc., v. Black, 123 Fed. 650, in the Court of Appeals for this circuit, and Daix v. Supreme Council, etc. (58, April Sessions 1903) 127 Fed. 374, which has just been decided in this district. It differs materially from both cases, however, in the nature of the defense. The present affidavit sets up the illegal by-law passed in August, 1900, that was referred to 'in those cases, reducing the amount payable upon the certificate of the plaintiff’s husband from $5,000 to $2,000, but then goes…