Gladding v. Gladding
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Albany county. Action by Henry L. Gladding against the Odd-Fellows’ Belief Association and another to recover the amount of a benefit arising on the death of his-brother George W. Gladding, a member of the association.
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Appeal from circuit court, Albany county. Action by Henry L. Gladding against the Odd-Fellows’ Belief Association and another to recover the amount of a benefit arising on the death of his-brother George W. Gladding, a member of the association. On affidavit showing that the fund in question was also claimed by Alice S. Gladding, wife of George W. Gladding, an order of interpleader was made, substituting' her as defendant in place of the Odd-Fellows’ Belief Association, the latter' was discharged from liability, and the fund paid into a bank subject to the-order of the court. At the trial…
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
By the original application of the deceased, he directed the benefits to be paid to Henry L. Gladding, his brother. By an indorsement on the back of the certificate, signed by the secretary of the company, dated October 15, 1886, and stated therein to be at the written request of the member, George W. Gladding, the beneficiary was changed to Alice S. Glad-ding, his wife. Although such written request was not produced on the trial, still this indorsement made on the certificate, which must then have been in thepossession of George W., is sufficient evidence that from that time forward the…
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