Prætorians v. Cook

Mrs. Cook as beneficiary filed suit on a policy of insurance on the life of her deceased husband, issued by the defendant. The verdict was in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant excepted to the overruling of' a motion for new trial.

There .is much discussion in the briefs of both parties as to whether the evidence disclosed that the defendant was merely a life-insurance company or was a fraternal benefit association, and therefore whether the plaintiff was bound by the by-laws of the defendant or merely by the provisions contained in the policy. The husband died on August 24, 1932, and…