Legal Opinion

Knights of the MacCabees of the World v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 2, 1917No. 8140PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error from District Court, Tillman County ; T. P. Olay, Assigned Judge. Action by Willie Z. Johnson against the Knights of the Maccabees of the World. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

GALBRAITH, C.

This was an action on a benefit certificate issued by the plaintiff in error bo Sam W. Johnson, and payable to his wife, Willie Z. Johnson, in the event of his death. The petition alleged the issuance of the-certificate in April, 1909, and thd death of the member on October 5, 1915, and also a compliance with ’all the terms and conditions of the policy required on her part to be performed, -and that the society had refused to pay, and that it therefore owed the ■amount of the policy and interest thereon. The company in its answer admitted t'he issuance of the policy and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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  2. Prader v. National Masonic Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  3. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Cal. v. O'NeilSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. Standard Life & Accident Insurance v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  5. Campbell v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Great Southern Life Ins. Co. v. BrooksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
  2. New York Life Insurance v. RigginsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
  3. Cochran v. Order of United Commercial TravelersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  4. Eisminger v. MitchellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
  5. Sovereign Camp W. O. W. v. TamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923

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