Independent Order of Calanthe v. Kelsey

1. Where a life-insurance policy in a fraternal benefit society provides, as a condition precedent to the society’s liability under the policy, that the insured, at the time of death, shall be “ in good standing in Subordinate and Grand Courts, with all endowment tax paid up,” and that the records of the Grand Court shall sustain that fact, and provides further that “ the quarterly taxes shall be fifty cents per quarter and paid in advance at the beginning of each quarter, January, April, July, and October of each year,” and that, unless such taxes are paid as thus provided in the policy, the…