Routt v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

The plaintiff and appellee brought suit in the district court for Douglas county seeking to recover on a benefit certificate held by him in the defendant company, a fraternal insurance association. He had for some time prior to June 5, 1913, been employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company as a railway trainman. As a member of the appellant association he carried insurance to protect himself against disability. He became afflicted with what is known as “color-blindness,” and was discharged from the service of the railroad company because of his infirmity. It is contended by the plaintiff…