Supreme Lodge K. of P. v. LaMalta
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Shelby County. L. H. Estes, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
On the fourteenth day of May, 1889, the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias of the World issued to Frederick Schuman, of Memphis, Tennessee, a £ ‘ certificate of membership ’ ’ in the endowment rank of that order, whereby it bound itself to pay to his children, Lotta S. and Frederick E. Schuman, the sum of $3,000 upon his death in good standing.
The children so named as beneficiaries died on the thirtieth of January, 1893, and Schuman himself died the next day. By the terms of the certificate and the laws of the order, all interest of the children ceased and determined upon, and in consequence…
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