Miles v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: John K. PaRish, Circuit Judge. Action to recover on an insurance certificate issued on the life of Louis Toepel in favor of his wife. The policy provided, among other things, that if any assessment made pursuant to the insurance contract should not be paid within the period stipulated the policy should be void.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: John K. PaRish, Circuit Judge. Action to recover on an insurance certificate issued on the life of Louis Toepel in favor of his wife. The policy provided, among other things, that if any assessment made pursuant to the insurance contract should not be paid within the period stipulated the policy should be void. The constitution of the association authorized the executive committee to reinstate any delinquent member within one year after his delinquency occurred, for good cause shown and upon satisfactory evidence of good health…
1Opinion of the Court
, The following opinion was filed November 16, 1900:
MaRshall, J.
The record does not disclose upon what ground the trial court decided that plaintiff was entitled to recover. Counsel for appellant have failed to be of any assistance in that regard, though they are here insisting that the judgment appealed from should be reversed on the merits. ¥e find in counsel’s brief, under the head of “Argument,” about one half page of printed matter containing a mere statement that Toepel forfeited his membership by failing to pay call No. 97 for $2.87; that neither the receipt of the money on the false…
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