Lentz v. Fritter
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Appeals of Franklin county. The-defendant in error, Pocahontas Fritter, filed her petition in the court of common pleas of Franklin county against The American Insurance Union, John J. Lentz, executor of the last will and testament of Lincoln Fritter, deceased, and the brothers and sisters of said decedent.
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Error to the Court of Appeals of Franklin county. The-defendant in error, Pocahontas Fritter, filed her petition in the court of common pleas of Franklin county against The American Insurance Union, John J. Lentz, executor of the last will and testament of Lincoln Fritter, deceased, and the brothers and sisters of said decedent. Plaintiff sought to recover upon an insurance certificate issued to said decedent by the said The American Insurance Union in 1894, claiming, as the mother of the decedent, to be the proper beneficiary under such certificate and entitled to receive the sum payable…
1Opinion of the CourtMatthias, J.
The foregoing brief statement of the pleadings sufficiently shows the issues to be determined in this case. The American Insurance Union was organized in 1894 under the provisions of Section 3630, Revised Statutes, now Section 9427, General Code. That and subsequent sections authorized the organization of mutual protective associations,
*190In 1904 this association, pursuant to an act passed by the legislature of the state, being Section 9462 et seq., General Code, conformed its organization and plan of operation to such act of the legislature regulating fraternal beneficiary societies, orders and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Western & A. Pipe Lines v. Home Ins., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1891
- Davis v. National Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905