Shackett v. People's Mutual Benefit Society

The plaintiffs recovered a judgment against the defendant upon a certificate of membership in the defendant company, from which the defendant has appealed. Several questions are discussed, but we find it necessary to deal with but one.

The contract provided that—

“ In the event of the death of the person herein insured, notice of the same must be sent to the society within sixty days from the date of said death, upon the receipt of which a blank proof of death will be forwarded by the , society; and no suit or action against the society for the recovery of any claim upon, under, or by virtue of…