Grimes v. Northwestern Legion of Honor
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa District Court.- — Hon. M. J. Wade, Judge. Action at law upon a certificate of membership in the defendant company, issued to Martin L. Grimes, in which plaintiff is the beneficiary. The district court sustained a demurrer to the defendant’s answer, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 This is an action at law upon a certain certificate of membership in the defendant company, — a corporation organized under the laws of this state, — issued to one Martin L. Grimes, in which the defendant, upon compliance with certain conditions upon the part of Grimes, promised and agreed to pay out of its benefit fund to the plaintiff, Rosaltha Grimes, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. The petition alleges that the defendant is a mutual life insurance company, incorporated under the laws of Iowa, and was, and is, operated on the mutual, co-operative plan, for the purpose of…
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