Legal Opinion
Ray v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 13, 1935No. 25494. Department OnePublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beals, J. —
Frank F. and Alice Bay were for many years husband and wife. Mr. Bay was a railroad man, and a member of the Brotherhood of Bailroad Trainmen. As a member of this organization, he received a beneficiary certificate, class C, dated May 1, 1913, providing for the payment of a certain sum to the beneficiary therein named upon the death of the member. The certificate was payable to the plaintiff, Alice Bay.
Mr. Bay died December 31, 1929, and the Brotherhood of Bailroad Trainmen refused to pay to plaintiff the amount called for by the certificate. She thereupon brought suit upon the…
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