Kolesar v. Slovak Evangelical Union

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

The defendant was incorporated on March 23, 1896, under the laws of this Commonwealth, as a fraternal beneficial society, without capital stock, with its principal office or place of business at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

It issued to Jan Kolesar, a member of Assembly No. 239 of the society, a benefit certificate under which, subject to the laws of the society and the terms and conditions of the certificate, it agreed to pay to his wife, as beneficiary, on due proof of death, a death benefit of $1,000. And the by-laws of the association made provision…