Shirts v. Phœnix Accident & Sick Benefit Ass'n

The plaintiff was a member of the defendant, a co-operative mutual benefit association; having made application for membership in February, 1898. On February 12, 1898, a certificate was issued to him. Soon after he became a member, he was attacked by the grippe, and received indemnity under the contract of membership, which included sick and accident benefits. On the 27th of November, 1901, he filed written proofs of loss arising from an injury to his eye. They show that he was taken sick October 8, 1901, and that it was “caused by a piece of steel, four weeks before, and that the doctor…