Caldwell v. Modern Woodmen
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Sedgwick district court, division No. 1.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Benson, J.:
The defendant appeals from a j udgment rendered upon a beneficiary certificate issued in the year 1890 to W. H. Caldwell, a member of the order, payable to his wife (the plaintiff) at his death. It was admitted that all dues and assessments had been paid to the date of the trial. The petition alleged that Caldwell left his home in Hutchinson on the 7th of April, 1902, and had not been heard from since September of that year, when a letter was received by his wife informing her of his serious illness at Stockton, Cal. Other statements of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Tisdale v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Lancaster v. Washington Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Modern Woodmen of America v. GerdomSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
- Ryan v. TudorSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
- Renard v. BennettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
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3Cited by13 opinions
- New v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
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- Scott v. KingSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Thompson v. MillikinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
- Caldwell v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
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