Jenkins v. Hawyeye Commercial Men's Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. Robert Bonson, Judge. Action in equity to require defendant to levy an assessment on its members and pay tbe proceeds thereof to plaintiff as beneficiary named in a certificate of insurance. Decree was entered as prayed. The defendant appeals.'
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
On August 20, 1906, George Jenkins became a member of the Hawkeye Commercial Men’s Association. This entitled him, in event of being injured “through external, violent and accidental means,” to certain specified benefits. If the bodily injuries so received “resulted in death within twenty-six weeks from said ae*115eident, the beneficiary named in his application for membership or his heirs if no beneficiary is named therein, shall be paid the proceeds of one assessment of two dollars upon each member in good standing but- in no case shall such payment exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.” He…
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