Legal Opinion

Morse v. Fraternal Accident Ass'n of America

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 28, 1906PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $1,250 on an accident insurance certificate issued to his intestate Elmer L. Morse by the defendant. The case comes before us upon the defendant’s appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff upon an agreed statement of facts.

The intestate took his certificate and became a member of the defendant association on June 15, 1888. He was then a stage driver, and was insured as a member of class 5, according to the defendant’s classification then in force; and by the certificate issued to him by the defendant on that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pain v. Société St. Jean BaptisteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  2. Newhall v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  3. Fox v. Masons' Fraternal Accident Ass'n of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Collins v. City of WalthamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  5. Mayhew v. DurfeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Cunningham v. Connecticut Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  2. Mulcahy v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
  3. Cobbett v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1973
  4. Knack v. Supreme Council of Royal ArcanumNew York Supreme Court · 1928

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