Siebert v. Supreme Council of the Order of Chosen Friends
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to. the St.. Louis Circuit Court, Daniel Dillon, -Judge. . , Affirmed. The court on the case as' a whole’should have sustained the defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante ver edicto. Powell v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 85 ; Borgraefe ®. Knights, 22 Mo. App. 127 ; Slaybaek v. Girkhardt, 1 Mo. App. 333 ; Maser v. Ins. Co., 2 Mo. App. 408; Baton v. Knights, 22 Cent. L. J. 560 ; St. Patrick v. Me Vey, 92 Pa.
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Error to. the St.. Louis Circuit Court, Daniel Dillon, -Judge. . , Affirmed. The court on the case as' a whole’should have sustained the defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante ver edicto. Powell v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 85 ; Borgraefe ®. Knights, 22 Mo. App. 127 ; Slaybaek v. Girkhardt, 1 Mo. App. 333 ; Maser v. Ins. Co., 2 Mo. App. 408; Baton v. Knights, 22 Cent. L. J. 560 ; St. Patrick v. Me Vey, 92 Pa. St. 510. The deceased had knowlege of the assessment and when it was due and payable. Hollister v. Insurance Co., 118 Mass. 479 ; Specie v. Rig gin, 40 Mo. 405; Maupin v. Emmons, 47 Mo.…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis; P. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant is an incorporated'benevolent association which issues benefit certificates to its - members for the payment of a. fixed sum, upon the death of a member, to such person as shall be designated in the certificate. Gertrude Siebert (now deceased) was the wife of the plaintiff and a member of the association, holding a certificate for the payment of two thousand dollars to her husband at her death. The plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for that sum with interest, upon which the defendant prosecutes this writ of error.
The supreme…
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