Miner v. Michigan Mutual Benefit Ass'n
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Shiawassee. (Newton, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. A corporation can only be sued in the jurisdiction of its corporate existence, in the absence of contrary statutory regulations: Detroit F. & M. Ins. Co. v. Saginaw Circuit Judge, 23 Mich. 492; Dewey v. Central Car & Mfg. Co., 42 Id. 399.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The action in this case was brought upon a certificate of membership issued to the plaintiff’s deceased husband in his life-time by the defendant corporation, in which she was the beneficiary named.
The statute of this State authorizes any number of persons, not less than five, to become a body corporate and politic for the purpose of securing to the family or heirs of any member upon his death a certain sum of money to be paid by such corporation, either out of its fund or by an assessment upon its members.
The defendant is a mutual benefit association, organized under chapter 118, How. Stat.…
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