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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. WITHERS

No. 170.

177 U.S. 260 (1900)

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. WITHERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Aldis B. Browne for plaintiff in error. Mr. Alexander Britton and Mr. H.H. Field were on his brief. Mr. Thomas G. Jones and Mr. Charles P. Jones filed a brief for same.

Mr. Edward De Graffenried for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias is a fraternal and benevolent society, incorporated by an act of Congress of June 29, 1894, 28 Stat. 96, as the successor of a former corporation of the same name, organized under an act approved May 5, 1870. The beneficial or insurance branch of the order is known as the endowment rank, which is composed of those members of the order...

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