Clark v. Supreme Council Royal Arcanum

The assured received injuries on November 15, 1921, from which he died November 28, 1921. The defense is that the October, 1921, assessment of $1.35 was not paid during that month, as required by the laws of the order, and that the policy was in suspense at the time of the death of the assured.

The plaintiff’s claim is that, by course of business, the monthly assessment was frequently delinquent, and was paid and accepted after maturity, and assured still treated as a member in good standing, and 'that thereby the members of his family were led to believe that defendant would never require a…