Gilson v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n

EVANS, District Judge.

In 1885 the plaintiff received a certificate of membership (equivalent to a policy of life insurance) in the defendant company for $5,000. He continued to pay the dues and assessments up to some time in 1901, when, as he avers, the company increased the amount of such dues and assessments far beyond what was stipulated in the contract, and beyond his ability to pay, and thus forced him out of the association. The dues and assessments thus paid by him amounted to $1,527.25, and he has sued to recover that sum, with interest thereon from the respective dates of payment,…