Robinson v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Howard 'Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, 'Chancellor; The insurance contract at issue is necessarily governed (by the by-laws of tbe order, which are a part thereof as effectively as any other part. 52 Ark. 202, 206 ; 55 Ark. 210, 212; 80 Ark. 419, 421; 81 Ark. 512, 514; 105 Ark. 140, 143; 24 Fed. 97; 110 Iowta, 642; 171 N. Y. 616; 89 Mo.
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Appeal from Howard 'Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, 'Chancellor; The insurance contract at issue is necessarily governed (by the by-laws of tbe order, which are a part thereof as effectively as any other part. 52 Ark. 202, 206 ; 55 Ark. 210, 212; 80 Ark. 419, 421; 81 Ark. 512, 514; 105 Ark. 140, 143; 24 Fed. 97; 110 Iowta, 642; 171 N. Y. 616; 89 Mo. App. 621; 34 Mont. 357 ; 33 Fed. 11. The manner of changing the beneficiary is not a matter >of absolute right with the assured, but this can be done only in the manner authorized, by the laws of the order. Only one- method of change is…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The right of ownership to the proceeds of a $300 benefit certificate, issued ;by a mutual benefit society, forms the subject-matter of this litigation.
The mutual benefit society in question filed ¡a bill of interplea in the chancery court. It ■alleged that it wia-s a fraternal benefit association, organized under the laws of this State; that during the ¡course of its business it issued on the 20th ¡day ¡of March, 1905, a benefit certificate to David Robinson in the sum of $300; ¡that on the 6th day of dune, 1913, Robinson died while ¡a member ¡of Mountain View Lodge No. 191, located at…
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