Christie v. Life Indemnity & Investment Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blade Haiolc District Qourt. — lion. 0. P. • Couch, Judge. Ti-ie plaintiff was the mother of Ira Christie, who; died on the seventh day of September, 1886, in California.
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Appeal from Blade Haiolc District Qourt. — lion. 0. P. • Couch, Judge. Ti-ie plaintiff was the mother of Ira Christie, who; died on the seventh day of September, 1886, in California. On the eighth day of February, 1884, Ira Christie became a member of the defendant association, and received therefrom a beneficiary certificate, by the terms of which, at his death, the beneficiary therein named (being the plaintiff) should receive, as a result of assessments to be made on the members of the association, an amount not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, upon condition that the said Ira…
1Opinion of the CourtGkang-ek, J.
I. No notice of appeal has been served on M. W. McGee, and the appellee insists that 1. Appeal : no- the appeal must be dismissed because of tice: pañíes. fapure> The appellants contend, in this connection, that McGee was not a party to the suit; did not appear; nor is there a judgment in his favor. A majority of the members of the court think that McGee is not a party to the suit in the sense that he • is entitled to a notice of appeal. The writer entertains a different view, and thinks that, inasmuch as the defendants, by pleading and proof, invoked the action of the court in favor, of…
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