Sons & Daughters of Justice v. Swift

Citations

• 73 Kan. 255
• 84 P. 984
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 238

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Fraternal Beneficiary Associations — Proceeding in Error —Limitation. Section 13 of chapter 23 of the Laws of 1893 (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 3580) limits the time within which fraternal beneficiary associations may appeal from a judgment to sixty days after its rendition. The case of Modern Woodmen v. Heath, 71 Kan. 148, 79 Pac. 1091, approved and followed.</p> <p>2. Constitutional Law — “Equal Protection of the Laws.” This construction of the statute does not deprive such associations of the “equal protection of the laws,” notwithstanding other litigants have one year within which to perfect an appeal.</p>