Bixler v. Modern Woodmen of America
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action was brought by Mrs. Savannah Bixler against the Modern Woodmen of America, a beneficial organization, upon a policy of insurance or benefit certificate issued to her husband, W. A. Bixler, and payable to her on his death.
The principal question involved in the case is whether or not the insured, who had been suspended for the non-payment of his dues, had been reinstated by the payment of such dues to the clerk of the local camp.
Upon a demurrer to the evidence, by the defendant, there was a judgment in its favor. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Modern Woodmen v. TevisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Lyon v. Supreme Assembly of RoyAl Society of Good FellowsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Kennedy v. Grand FraternityMontana Supreme Court · 1907
- Knights of Columbus v. Burroughs' BeneficiarySupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
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