Tourville v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen

Mr. Presiding Justice Sample

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellee’s husband was insured in the appellant’s association. He died, and this suit was brought on the policy, to recover the insurance money. On trial below a judgment was obtained for the full amount of the policy. The defense interposed was that the assured was in default at the time of his death, having been, as claimed, suspended and expelled from the subordinate lodge, through membership in which he had obtained insurance in the grand lodge, the appellant. The material portions of the policy contains the following…