Beber v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Oldham, O.

On the 2d day of May, 1900, the plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, became a member of a fraternal benefit society, known as the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and agreed to pay monthly assessments of $2 a month on a beneficiary certificate issued to him by said society in the sum of $1,200. The plaintiff was a brakeman, and belonged to the class of risks called “Class O” in the constitution of the society. By section 87 of the constitution of the order it is provided that the member shall be entitled to the amount of his certificate “upon his becoming permanently and…