Price v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $1,350 upon defendant’s benefit certificate. The defense is given in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $1,350 upon defendant’s benefit certificate. The defense is given in the opinion. The reply alleged that if deceased failed or neglected to comply with any rule or regulation of defendant association, it was because defendant association had repeatedly received from deceased, and from others to his knowledge, performance of their obligation to defendant association without regard to tbe letter of the rules and regulations; and particularly had repeatedly and customarily received from deceased and other members of the association…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Plaintiff is the widow of Edward E. Price, and brought this action to recover from defendant the amount of a beneficiary certificate for $1,350 issued to Price, in which certificate she was named as beneficiary. The defense was that Price had not paid at the time of his death the dues and assessments required by the rules of the order. The cáse was tried by the court on stipulated facts, and a decision for plaintiff rendered. Defendant appealed from a judgment entered on such decision.
The material facts disclosed by the stipulation are these: Defendant is a beneficiary association, with a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wait v. Mystic Workers of the WorldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Ibs v. Hartford Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Erickson v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & EnginemenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- McCann v. Musicians' Ass'n, Local No. 76Washington Supreme Court · 1943