Mitterwallner v. Supreme Lodge of the Knights & Ladies of the Golden Star

A “ beneficiary certificate ” was issued by the defendant to the husband of the plaintiff, which certificate provided that, in the event of his death, the sum of $1,000 should be paid to his wife, this plaintiff. The laws of defendant provided that, in case of the death of the insured by suicide, ten years or more after the granting of the certificate aforesaid, only 75 per cent, of the face value of the certificate, together with all assessments collected over two per month, should be paid to the beneficiary. The plaintiff’s husband died more than ten years after the time of the issuing of…