Case Name: State ex rel. Koehler v. Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen
Court: Franklin Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1907-10-21
Citations: 20 Ohio C.C. Dec. 818
Docket Number: 
Parties: State ex rel. Koehler v. Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Judges: Wilson and Sullivan, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Decisions
Volume: 20
Pages: 818–819

Head Matter:
BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATIONS.
[Franklin (2d) Circuit Court,
October 21, 1907.]
Wilson, Sullivan and Dustin, JJ.
State ex rel. Koehler v. Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Adjudicated Claims against Beneficial Associations Establishes Lien on Funds of the Order.
The adjudication of a claim by the duly authorized trustees of a fraternal organization with delivery of the order establishes a lien on the funds of the organization, which a court of equity will recognize as against a subsequently appointed receiver or assignee of the organization.
ERROR to Franklin common pleas court.

Opinion:
DUSTIN, J.
We are of the opinion that the issuing of the warrant in question by the proper authorities of the A. O. U. W. was the setting aside of the amount named for the claimant, Mrs. Koehler.
It was an order upon itself, duly certified, and needing no acceptance.
The action of an executive officer could not invalidate it nor render it noneffective. It was equivalent to what is known in banking as a cashier's check; and its legal effect is the same as if the money had been wrapped, labeled and set aside as belonging to the party named thereon.
Hence we think the. authorities cited by counsel for the receiver with reference to cheeks and orders do not apply, and that Judge Hosea of the superior court of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the case of Hunt v. Supreme Lodge A. O. U. W., 19 Dec. 130 (5 O. L. R. 374), took the proper view.
Decree accordingly.
Wilson and Sullivan, JJ., concur.