Hopkins v. Education Mutual Benefit Ass'n

Plaintiff is the widow of Clyde M. Hopkins and the beneficiary named in a contract of insurance issued to her husband September 8, 1937, by defendant a mutual assessment life insurance company. The insured died August 21,. 1939. The complaint is in the usual form, setting forth the issuance of the policy, the death of the insured, the performance of conditions-of the policy and denial of liability by the insurer. Defendant sought to avoid liability by alleging and proving that membership in defendant association and insurance had terminated because of failure to pay an assessment made July 1,…