Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen v. Haddock

Citations

• 72 Kan. 35
• 82 P. 583
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 305

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Insurance —■ Fraternal — By-law —■ Saloon-keeper —- Benefit Certificate. The adoption by a fraternal-insurance order of a by-law declaring that no person shall be admitted or retained as a member who is engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors does not, in the absence of a specific provision to that effect, avoid the beneficiary certificate of a member who is already engaged in that business in a state where it is not unlawful, who continues therein, and against whom no action is taken.</p> <p>2. -- By-law Annulling Saloon-keeper’s Certificate Construed. A by-law of such an order that provides that any member who shall, after the date of its adoption, have entered or who shall thereafter enter into the business of selling intoxicating liquors shall stand suspended from his rights to participate in the beneficiary fund, and that his certificate shall become void from the date of his so engaging in such occupation, does not in terms apply to the case of a member who, prior to that time, was engaged in such business and who remains in it continuously thereafter.</p>