Homann v. Allgemeiner Arbeiter Bund
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Manistee; Withey, J. Assumpsit by Barbara Homann against the Allgemeiner Arbeiter Bund of the State of Michigan upon a certificate of insurance. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The defendant is a mutual benefit life insurance society with local societies in various cities; one of them being at Manistee, where this action arose. The plaintiff’s husband, Fred Homann, became a member of the local society at Manistee on the 20th day of April, 1890, at which time there was issued to him a death benefit certificate which provided that at the time of his death the sum of $500 would be paid to the beneficiary named in the certificate. He died on the 24th day of February, 1914. Barbara Homann, as beneficiary, brought this suit. After all'the testimony was in, the circuit…
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