Kunse v. Knights of Modern Maccabees
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Miami Circuit Court; Frank D. Butler, Judge pro te to. Action by Margaret J. Kunse against tbe Knights of the Modern Maccabees. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This action was instituted in the lower court by the appellant, as the widow and duly designated beneficiary of Joseph B. Kunse, deceased, to recover $500, the amount of the benefit certificate issued by the appellee upon the life of said decedent. Said association agreed to pay to the duly designated beneficiary one assessment upon its membership not exceeding $500, $1,000, $1,500 or $2,000 as he may elect in his application for membership. The appellee enacted by-laws, among’ them being the following, which was in force at the time the insured became a member and continued to be at the time…
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- Spruill v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
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- Seitzinger v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
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