Grand Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen v. Bartes

Duffie, C.

This action is brought to recover upon a benefit certificate issued by the plaintiff in error to Joseph Bartes, the husband of the defendant in error, and in which she is named as the beneficiary. The only defense urged, and the only question tried, was the age of the decedent at the time of making application for admission to the order; section 3 of article 2 of its constitution and by-laws providing that “no person shall be admitted to membership in the order except that he be a white male of the full age of twenty-one years and under forty-five years at the time of receiving…