Manley v. Manley

The complainant, Bridget, is the widow of Joseph H. Manley, who died in June, 1895, and the defendant, Margaret Manley, was his *192mother. In the year 1882, the deceased, Joseph, became a member of *a local lodge in Memphis, this being a subordinate lodge of an order known as the “Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman.” At the time of becoming a member he was an unmarried man, living with his mother, and continued to do so until his marriage^ to the complainant, Bridget, in the year 1886. By section 48 of the constitution of the order all members, save those disqualified as the result of a medical…