Irelan v. Standard Mutual Association of Cassville

I agree with the author of the principal opinion that the language of the insurance certificate “is to be construed” as having the meaning upon which defendant-appellant stands, but I cannot agree that such language is reasonably or fairly susceptible of a different meaning.

The language, on the construction of which the case turns, is: “In the event of the death of the Member named herein, within two years from the date hereof from TUBERCULOSIS, CANCER, HEART DISEASE, or APOPLEXY, or from any chronic disease with which said Member is afflicted AT THE TIME THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED,” the…