Callahan v. Supreme Tent of Knights of Maccabees of the World
New York Supreme Court
Actions by Caramilla Callahan and by Minnie C. Michel, as executrix of Sophia Mary Callahan, against the Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World. Motion by defendant to pay into court the amount claimed by plaintiffs, and that it be discharged from liability.
1Opinion of the CourtFoote, J.
The defendant is a mutual benefit insurance company. The late George C. Callahan was a member of defendant, and to. him was issued a beneficiary certificate payable to his wife, Sophia Mary Callahan, upon his death, to the amount of $2,000. Said Callahan undertook to change the beneficiary, and on his application defendant issued a new certificate on the 25th day of January, 1909, designating his sister, the plaintiff Caramilla Callahan, as beneficiary. The old certificate, however, was not surrendered, but remained in the custody of his wife, Sophia Mary Callahan, who died on the 12th day of…
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