Brown v. Travelers Protective Ass'n of America

The only headnotes requiring elaboration are those numbered 1 and 5.

Defendant, by demurrer to plaintiff’s petition, challenged the right of plaintiff to recover damages and attorney’s fees under provisions of § 2549 of the Civil Code (1910). The court overruled this ground of demurrer, and defendant filed exceptions pendente lite, upon which error is assigned in its cross-bill of exceptions. Defendant contends that the provisions of this section are inapplicable to fraternal benefit societies established under § 2866 et seq. of the Civil Code. The statute imposing said penalties refers…