Moore v. Supreme Assembly of the Royal Society of Good Fellows
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Fayette. Tried below before Hon. L. W. Moore.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, Chief Justice.
W. T. Moore was a member of a local lodge or assembly in appellee’s order, which was a mutual fraternal benevolent association without capital stock, its death benefits being raised by means of assessments upon its members.
This was an action upon a benefit certificate or policy on the life of said W. T. Moore for $2,000 issued on February 14, 1902, and payable to appellant Z. W. Moore upon the death of the insured.
The court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, upon the ground that at the date of his death Moore was under suspension for the failure to…
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