Pollard v. Royal Highlanders

This is an action at law commenced by the appellees as beneficiaries under a certificate of insurance issued to Catherine A. Pollard in her lifetime by the Royal Highlanders, a fraternal beneficiary society for the amount of $1,000. The appellees obtained a verdict and judgment for the full amount of the policy. From the overruling of its motion for a new trial, the appellant appeals.

The evidence in this case discloses that Catherine A. Pollard was issued a certificate of insurance for $1,000 on June 1, 1930. Under the provisions of that certificate she was required to pay $4.70 a month, and…