Wuerfler v. Trustees of the Grand Grove of Wisconsin of the Order of Druids
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge.' Action to recover on a benefit certificate issued by defendant order to Friedrich Wuerfler, plaintiff being his widow.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge.' Action to recover on a benefit certificate issued by defendant order to Friedrich Wuerfler, plaintiff being his widow. By the complaint it was alleged, in addition to stating plaintiff’s right to maintain the suit if tlie certificate was in force at Wuerfler’s death, that defendant was a society recognized by .sec. 2002, Stats. 1898, having a grand grove or lodge with subordinate groves or lodges; that .it furnished insurance to its members from about 1894 to 1897 in the sum of $1,000 each, payable ninety…
1Opinion of the CourtMaRshall, J.
Did the court err in refusing to direct a verdict for plaintiff, upon the undisputed facts of the case ? *25That proposition raises the only question that need fee discussed on this appeal. It involves though, three minor propositions, which are as follows: (1) Was the certificate or policy of insurance, issued to Wuerfler pursuant to tbe constitution of the order as it stood after the attempted change in 1894, binding upon the parties at the time of the amendment of 1896? (2) Was the change in 1896, pursuant to which the attempt was made to call in all then outstanding certificates, an…
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