AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INS. CO. v. CRICHTON

No. CC808.

78 S.E.2d 226 (1953)

AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INS. CO. v. CRICHTON, State Ins. Com'r.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 10, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson, Kelly, Morrison & Moxley, W. T. O'Farrell, Charleston, for plaintiff.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., Arden J. Curry, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.


BROWNING, Judge.

This is a proceeding for a declaratory judgment to determine the taxability of certain assessments collected by plaintiff on fraternal beneficiary certificates issued by the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias prior to 1930. The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias was organized in 1864 as a voluntary, unincorporated secret society. It was incorporated in 1870, and in 1882, its articles were amended to permit it...

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