Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. Burrell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. A. Sharpe, Judge. Action by Mrs. Mattie Burrell against the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, upon a benefit insurance ticket issued to Jesse R. Burrell. Judgment for plaintiff, and de-: fendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. A. Sharpe, Judge. Action by Mrs. Mattie Burrell against the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, upon a benefit insurance ticket issued to Jesse R. Burrell. Judgment for plaintiff, and de-: fendant appeals. It is fundamental that the certificate did not go into effect until the applicant perfected his membership. 29 Cyc. 28. In order to perfect membership, an applicant must be initiated or obligated as required by the laws of the society. 81 Ark. 512, 99 S.. W. 834; 99 Mo. App. 105, 72 S. W. 463; 76 Neb. 562, 107 N. IV. 795; 82 Tex. 301, 18 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, ,T.
Action by Mattie Burrell, the beneficiary named in the insurance certificate alleged to have been issued to Jesse R. Burrell as a member of “Cherry Camp, No. 1065, located at Adamsville.*’
The defendant interposed the plea of general issue, a plea of non est factum, pleas setting up a condition .indorsed on the -certificate that:
“There shall be no liability of the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, under this certificate until the member named herein shall have paid all entrance fees, one advance assessment, or installment of assessment of Sovereign Camp fund or camp general fund…
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