Elliott v. Knights of Modern Maccabees
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Poindexter, J., entered June 20, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to recover assessments paid to a fraternal benefit society.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
The Knights of the Modern Maccabees, a corporation, is a fraternal society, organized on the lodge plan, for mutual protection of its members, upon whom it levies assessments to pay death losses and endowments. Its by-laws provide that all male persons of good moral character, over eighteen and under fifty-one years of age, may be admitted as beneficial members. On November 11, 1890, John Elliott, wishing to become a member of Tent No. 357, then being organized by one F. A. Osborne, a deputy commander at Lake City, Michigan, signed a written application, in which he stated that he was fifty…
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