Matt v. Roman Catholic Mutual Protective Society
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clayton Oireuit Court. AotioN upon a beneficiary certificate issued by the defendant company to one Franz Joseph Matt, now deceased. The plaintiff Theresa Matt is the surviving widow of Franz Joseph, and the other plaintiffs are his children.
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Appeal from Clayton Oireuit Court. AotioN upon a beneficiary certificate issued by the defendant company to one Franz Joseph Matt, now deceased. The plaintiff Theresa Matt is the surviving widow of Franz Joseph, and the other plaintiffs are his children. The certificate is in these words: “This certifies that Franz Joseph Matt, born December 26, 1832, is a member of the Eoman Catholic Mutual Protective Society; having been received in due form by Local Branch No. 23, St. Clemens, at Gutten-berg, Iowa, and is entitled to all the benefits of membership, so long as be conforms witb the rules…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
The rule in respect to Easter duties is said *457to liave been prescribed by the Fourth council of Lateran, i. MFEinsur-Hg?qiisllasso-feitureby°r’ religious1 duties: evidence. held at Lateran, in Europe, 1215, in canon 21, reaffirmed by the Counsel of Trent, 1545, canon 8. The rule, as shown in evidence, provides that “every one of the faithful, of both sexes, , . . .. alter they come to the years oí discretion, shall, in private, faithfully confess all their sins, at least once a year, to their own pastor, and take care to fulfill, to the best of their power, the penance enjoined on…
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