Legal Opinion
Huntington v. Fraternal Reserve Ass'n
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 8, 1921PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Shawano county: Edgar V. Werner, Circuit Judge. Action by the beneficiary of an insurance certificate, issued by the defendant, a fraternal insurance company, on the life of Harry Huntington. From a judgment in favor of the defendant plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
The insurance certificate was issued on the 6th day of April, 1915. By its terms, the certificate and the articles and by-laws of the defendant constituted the insurance contract. The certificate provided that
“If the insured, after one year of continuous insurance, shall engage in any of the following occupations, viz.: railway switchman, . . soldier in regular army in time of *584war, . . . and any claim accrues while insured is so occupied, whether resulting from .such changed occupation or not, directly or indirectly, there shall be paid forty per cent, only of said claim, which shall be in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kelly v. Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- Voelkel v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the WorldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- Jones v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- Haycock v. Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the WorldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by14 opinions
- Johnson v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- McPhee v. American Motorists InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Coit v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Barnett v. Merchants' Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
- Edwards v. Life Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
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