KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. MEYER

No. 234.

198 U.S. 508 (1905)

THE SUPREME LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, v. MEYER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carlos S. Hardy and Mr. Lawrence G. Goodhart for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Otto H. Droege, with whom Mr. J. Lawrence Friedmann was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error is a corporation organized under an act of Congress approved June 29, 1894. This action was brought against it by defendant in error as payee in a certain benefit certificate issued by it to Emanuel Meyer, husband of Henrietta Meyer, dated September 20, 1894, whereby it insured his life in the sum of $2,000. The defendant in error obtained judgment...

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