State ex rel. Young v. Temperance Benevolent Ass'n

This is an original proceeding by mandamus to compel the respondent, which is an incorporated insurance association doing business on what is called the “assessment plan,” to restore the relator to his rights therein. It appears that on the twenty-fifth day of May, 1887, the relator applied for a policy of insurance in the respondent society, and that his written and printed application contained the following agreement above his signature : “I agree that, while a member of the association, I will not use, sell nor petition for the sale of any intoxicant, and will endeavor to promote the…