Kane v. Knights of Columbus
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to secure an accounting and distribution of certain insurance funds in the possession of the defendant corporation, alleged to belong in equity to the plaintiff and other members who had contributed thereto, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fair-field County, Curtis, Jupon a finding of facts, for the advice of this court.
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Suit to secure an accounting and distribution of certain insurance funds in the possession of the defendant corporation, alleged to belong in equity to the plaintiff and other members who had contributed thereto, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fair-field County, Curtis, Jupon a finding of facts, for the advice of this court. The questions reserved for the advice of this court are two: 1st. Does the defendant corporation hold the funds in suit upon a trust, other than a trust in favor of all the insured members and their beneficiaries? 2d. Should there be an accounting and…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This is an action by contributing members of a fraternal beneficial order to two reserve funds of the Order, to secure, upon a reservation, an answer to the questions (1) whether the Order holds these funds in trust for their benefit, and (2) whether there should be an accounting and distribution of such funds.
Question one is not, in form, the question of the reservation, but is involved in it and is the real question argued before us.
The contract of insurance of the plaintiffs was determined by the constitution and laws of the defendant corporation as amended from time to time and the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Reynolds v. Supreme Council of the Royal ArcanumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Wright v. Minnesota Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- O'Neill v. Supreme CouncilSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1904
- Coughlin v. Knights of ColumbusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Ryan v. Knights of ColumbusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
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