Cox v. Royal Tribe
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. This is an action by Dean Cox, a minor, by J. P. Finley, her next friend, against the Royal Tribe of Joseph to recover upon a beneficiary certificate for $2,000, issued by the defendant to Capitola Blanche Cox, a married woman, in favor of the plaintiff, her daughter.
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From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. This is an action by Dean Cox, a minor, by J. P. Finley, her next friend, against the Royal Tribe of Joseph to recover upon a beneficiary certificate for $2,000, issued by the defendant to Capitola Blanche Cox, a married woman, in favor of the plaintiff, her daughter. Immediately prior to the death of Mrs. Cox, which occurred July 1, 1899, she was engaged in conducting a restaurant at No. 206 Madison Street, between First and Front, in the City of Portland. She had been engaged in the business some six weeks or more, and lived in a room adjoining or…
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