Hexom v. Knights of Maccabees of the World
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winneshiek District Court. — Hon. L. E. Fellows, Judge. Action in equity to compel defendant, a fraternal beneficiary association, to levy, collect, and pay over a benefit assessment. Plaintiff was denied the relief prayed, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
— In. December, 1904, Paul C. Hexom became a member of the defendant association, and there was issued to him, by the Supreme Tent, so-called, of the association, a certificate of membership-, or policy, which *43provided, among other things, that at his death “one monthly rate on each life benefit member, not exceeding in amount the sum of one thousand dollars will be paid as a benefit to Otto Hexom, bearing relationship to him of brother, . . . provided he shall have in every particular complied with the laws of said Supreme Tent now in force, or that may hereafter be adopted,” etc. On January…
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