Knights of Maccabees of the World v. Sackett
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; C. H. Loud, Judge. Action by the Knights of the Maccabees of the World against Clarence M. Sackett and Fannie Sackett. From a judgment in favor of defendant Fannie Sackett, defendant Clarence M. Sackett appeals. The association waived the failure of the deceased to lodge the request for change of beneficiary with the local record-keeper before he died, such provision of the by-laws of the association being for its benefit.
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Appeal from District Court, Yellowstone County; C. H. Loud, Judge. Action by the Knights of the Maccabees of the World against Clarence M. Sackett and Fannie Sackett. From a judgment in favor of defendant Fannie Sackett, defendant Clarence M. Sackett appeals. The association waived the failure of the deceased to lodge the request for change of beneficiary with the local record-keeper before he died, such provision of the by-laws of the association being for its benefit. (Titsworth v. Titsworth, 40 Kan. 571, 20 Pac. 213; Knights of Honor v. Watson, 64 N. H. 517, 15 Atl. 125; Brown v. Mansur,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
Floyd L. Sackett was a member of the order of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World, having his membership in the local tent at Park City, Montana. He carried insurance on his life in the association to the amount of $1,000, his wife, Fannie Sackett, being named in the certificate of insurance as beneficiary. For some time prior to May, 1905, Floyd L. and Fannie Sackett had not lived together. The former made his home at *362Yule, North Dakota. The latter lived at Park City, Montana. Prior to May, 1905, Floyd L. Sackett wrote a letter to his mother at Park City, requesting her to call on the…
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