Wineland v. Knights of the Maccabees of the World
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Clair; Law, J. Bill by Dan St. Clair Wineland against tbe Knights of the Maccabees of the World to enjoin changes in the terms of his benefit certificate.
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Appeal from St. Clair; Law, J. Bill by Dan St. Clair Wineland against tbe Knights of the Maccabees of the World to enjoin changes in the terms of his benefit certificate. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. ' Defendant was organized in the year 1885, under the provisions of Act No. 104, Laws 1869, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of co- operative and mutual benefit associations,” approved April 3, 1869. Articles of association are required to set out the objects of the corporation, the number of classes in such corporation, and the object of the division…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). Assuming that a court of equity may take jurisdiction to restrain action of the defendant corporation violative of contract rights, and to preserve in force a contract of insurance according to its terms (Langan v. Supreme Council Am. L. of H., 174 N. Y. 266; Messer v. Grand Lodge A. O. U. W., 180 Mass. 321; Meyer v. Insurance Co., 73 N. Y. 516), a jurisdiction which in this case is not questioned, we have investigated, with no little labor, the respective claims of counsel, the statutes which have been referred to, the history of defendant so far as it is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Supreme Commandery of the Knights of the Golden Rule v. AinsworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Knights Templars' & Masons' Life Indemnity Co. v. JarmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Reynolds v. Supreme Council of the Royal ArcanumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Wright v. Minnesota Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Fullenwider v. Supreme Council of Royal LeagueIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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- Thomas v. Knights of Maccabees of the WorldWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- Railway Mail Association v. WeirOhio Court of Appeals · 1927
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