Modern Woodmen of America v. Ghromley
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Bryan County; Summers Hardy, Judge. Action by Margaret Ghromley, administratrix of the estate of Christopher E. Green, deceased, against the Modern Woodmen of America. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SHARP, C.
The benefit certificate, on which plaintiff’s action was brought, was issued by defendant to Christopher F. Green, March 17, 1908, and was made payable, in case of his death while a beneficial member of said society in good standing, to his beneficiary or beneficiaries, to wit, his legal heirs. The assured died November 23, 1909, while in good standing in said society. Neither the plaintiff, Margaret Ghromley, nor her sisters, Louisa Halley and Mary Elizabeth Halley, were related to the assured other than it was claimed they were each members of the family of said…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hitz v. AhlgrenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Modern Woodmen of America v. GerdomSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
- Shriver v. State ex rel. ReisterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- Bailey v. BaileyMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Inhabitants of Hyde Park v. Inhabitants of CantonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Gassin v. McJunkinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Modern Woodmen of America v. MichelinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World v. PiperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Goodier v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Maxwell v. MaxwellNebraska Supreme Court · 1921
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