Conley v. Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lapeer; Smith, J. Assumpsit by Mary Conley against the Supreme Court, Independent Order of Foresters, on a policy of insurance. A judgment for plaintiff is reviewed on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff, a widow,"recovered a judgment against the defendant upon a certificate issued upon the life of her husband, in which- she was named as beneficiary. The defendant has appealed. The deceased. *191joined the defendant order in 1897. The undisputed testimony shows that in 1900 or 1901 he began taking morphine, and as early as 1903 he had become addicted to its use, and that in that year he went to an institution for the cure of the habit, and after a stay of three months he returned much improved. The plaintiff so testified, and also stated that he did not use morphine for about a year…
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