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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. MEYER

No. 214.

265 U.S. 30 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 432

68 L.Ed. 885

SUPREME LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, v. MEYER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.J. Connell and Mr. Sol H. Esarey, with whom Mr. T.P. Littlepage, Mr. George A. Bangs and Mr. Ward H. Watson were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. D.W. Livingston, with whom Mr. C.F. Reavis was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is here on error and also upon petition for writ of certiorari. Consideration of the latter was postponed until hearing on the merits.

Defendant in error was the beneficiary named in a benefit certificate of life insurance issued to one of its members, by the plaintiff in error, a fraternal order created by Act of Congress of June 29, 1894, c. 119, 28 Stat. 96. Upon the death of the assured...

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