Sealy v. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of The World

1. Where a certificate of insurance, issued by a fraternal beneficiary society, does not name any fixed rate of assessment or sum in the nature of a premium, but makes the maintenance of the certificate and the granting of the benefits stipulated in the certificate conditional upon the payment of “ all assessments and dues that may be levied during the time that he [the holder of the certificate] shall remain a member of the order,” the society has the right to levy such dues and assessments as may be necessary to pay all matured claims in full and to provide for the creation and maintenance…