Saunders v. Robinson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Trustee process. The Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, summoned as trustee of the principal defendant, answered, that, at the time of the service of said process upon it, it had not in its hands or possession any goods, effects, or credits of the said defendant; that it had in its custody a fund of three thousand dollars on account of a benefit certificate issued to Carlton W. Robinson, deceased, the late husband of the defendant, which sum by the original certificate…
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Trustee process. The Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, summoned as trustee of the principal defendant, answered, that, at the time of the service of said process upon it, it had not in its hands or possession any goods, effects, or credits of the said defendant; that it had in its custody a fund of three thousand dollars on account of a benefit certificate issued to Carlton W. Robinson, deceased, the late husband of the defendant, which sum by the original certificate was payable to Mary M. Robinson, wife, one third, and the remainder was payable in certain proportions to his children, as…
1Opinion of the CourtDe yens, J.
It is the contention of the plaintiffs, that Carlton W. Robinson was not a member of the association known as the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum; that there were two distinct bodies; and that there is a distinction between such membership, and that of the Royal Arcanum, of which he was a member. They therefore urge that, while a benefit certificate was issued to Robinson as a member, it is to be treated as an ordinary insurance on his life; and that, as he cannot be regarded as a member of the corporation which issued it, the rules which apply to policies of insurance on lives govern…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WetherbeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Elsey v. Odd Fellows' Mutual Relief Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Crossman v. Massachusetts Benefit Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Norris v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Troy v. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
3Cited by5 opinions
- Geer v. HortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Brenizer v. Royal Arcanum.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Varian v. New England Mutual Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Brenizer v. Royal Arcanum.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Williams v. Donogh, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County1899