Smythe v. Supreme Lodge, K. P.
District Court, N.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by Arthur V. H. Smythe against the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. On final hearing. Decree for complainants. This is an action in equity to enjoin and restrain the defendant from canceling, or attempting to cancel, a policy of insurance issued by it and delivered to the plaintiff, and on which plaintiff has paid assessments for many years, but on which the defendant now demands the payment of increased assessments.
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In Equity. Suit by Arthur V. H. Smythe against the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. On final hearing. Decree for complainants. This is an action in equity to enjoin and restrain the defendant from canceling, or attempting to cancel, a policy of insurance issued by it and delivered to the plaintiff, and on which plaintiff has paid assessments for many years, but on which the defendant now demands the payment of increased assessments. The plaintiff also asks judgment that, in case the defendant shall have canceled said policy prior to the judgment or decree of the court in the premises, it be…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The true and correct name of the defendant is Supreme Lodge, Knights *969of Pythias, and the pleadings, etc., by stipulation in open court on the trial were amended accordingly. The case was removed from the Supreme Court of the state of New York into the United States court. The plaintiff is a resident and citizen of the county of Montgomery, state of New York, and the defendant is a corporation organized and existing under an act of Congress making it a corporation of the District of Columbia, and was and is engaged in the business of insurance of its members…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Knights of Pythias v. WithersSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Industrial General Trust, Ltd. v. . TodNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Railway Company v. AllertonSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Reynolds v. Supreme Council of the Royal ArcanumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Wright v. Minnesota Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Roblin v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the MaccabeesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Thomas v. Knights of Maccabees of the WorldWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- Supreme Lodge K. P. v. MimsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor v. BielerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
- People ex rel. Colorado Bar Ass'n v. IrwinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1915
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