Beiser v. Sov. Camp W. O. W.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. E. Gamble. Action by Felix W. Beiser against Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World upon a fraternal benefit insurance certificate. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
— This is an action to recover $1,000 alleged to be due the plaintiff (appellant) under a “beneficiary certifi*42cate or policy of life insurance,” issued on August 30, 1913, by the defendant (appellee), a fraternal beneficiary association, on the life of William Eeiser, a member of the association, the plaintiff being named as the beneficiary in such certificate, the alleged member of the association having died on June 8, 1914.
The defenses set up in pleas 2 and 3, respectively, were these:(a) That under provisions of the constitution of the association Beiser, previous to his death, ceased to…
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