Bridges v. National Union
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $3,000 on a benefit certificate. The cause was tried before Jamison, J., without a jury; but after the resignation of that judge the cause was submitted to McGee, J., on a deposition and the stenographer’s report of the evidence. The court found in favor of defendant, and from a judgment entered in pursuance" of the findings plaintiff appealed.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $3,000 on a benefit certificate. The cause was tried before Jamison, J., without a jury; but after the resignation of that judge the cause was submitted to McGee, J., on a deposition and the stenographer’s report of the evidence. The court found in favor of defendant, and from a judgment entered in pursuance" of the findings plaintiff appealed. The conditions under which respondent was authorized to call assessments are not shown to have existed at the time of the assessments in the payment of which it is claimed the deceased made…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The defendant is a mutual benefit association, engaged in the business of insuring the lives of its members upon the co-operative or assessment plan. Its home office is at Toledo, Ohio. Its governing and legislative body is known as the “Senate,” and it has numerous subordinate councils, located in Minnesota and other states. The association and its members are governed by a code of regulations known as the “laws” of the order, each of these laws being numbered. Dues and assessments are collected from the members. The dues are a fixed quarterly charge for the payment of expenses. Assessments…
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- Boyd v. Cedar Rapids Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Backdahl v. Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United WorkmenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Demings v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of the WorldNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Hicks v. National Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1894
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- Ferrenbach v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
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