Coleman v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Barclay, J. The members of a mutual life insurance company are conclusively presumed to have knowledge of the rules established by its charter, constitution, and by-laws. Walsh v. Insurance Co., 30 Iowa 145. The by-laws and rules of any of these mutual benefit societies are a law unto the members. Red Men v. Schmidt, 57 Md. 98; Knights" Golden Rule v. Ainsworth, 71 Ala. 436; 17 C. L. J. 413 ; Toram v. Benev. As so., 4 Pa.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Barclay, J. The members of a mutual life insurance company are conclusively presumed to have knowledge of the rules established by its charter, constitution, and by-laws. Walsh v. Insurance Co., 30 Iowa 145. The by-laws and rules of any of these mutual benefit societies are a law unto the members. Red Men v. Schmidt, 57 Md. 98; Knights" Golden Rule v. Ainsworth, 71 Ala. 436; 17 C. L. J. 413 ; Toram v. Benev. As so., 4 Pa. St. 519 ; Beneficial Soc. v. McVey, 92 Pa. St. 510; Ballou v. Gile, 50 Wis. 614 ; McMurry v. Sup. Lodge, 18 Cent.. L. J. 372 ; 20…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, J.
The defendant corporation is a benevolent association, and the plaintiffs, claiming to be tL_ assignees of a benefit of $2,000, to which a deceased member was entitled under the charter, constitution, and by-laws of the *191association, sued the corporation for that amount, and recovered judgment in the court below.
The provisions of defendant’s charter, constitution, and by-laws, as far as. they affect the merits of this controversy, are as follows:
The charter provides that the corporation may establish a widows’ and orphans’ benefit fund, from which, on the satisfactory evidence of the death of…
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