McGowan v. Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. WtMAN, Circuit Judge. This is an action upon a benefit certificate issued by the defendant to one Edward 0. Pion, on the 3d day of June,, 1896; the said Pion being then a charter member of Court Desota, located at Galena, Illinois, and the defendant being a fraternal association issuing life insurance certificates to its members upon the assessment plan.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: O. B. WtMAN, Circuit Judge. This is an action upon a benefit certificate issued by the defendant to one Edward 0. Pion, on the 3d day of June,, 1896; the said Pion being then a charter member of Court Desota, located at Galena, Illinois, and the defendant being a fraternal association issuing life insurance certificates to its members upon the assessment plan. The certificate, when issued, was made payable to one Frances ITeid, the affianced wife of said Pion. The complaint alleges that on January 31, 1898, Pion duly changed…
1Opinion of the Court
"Winslow,- J.
The-appellant’s general contentions are: first, that the evidence shows that the beneficiary was never •changed; second, that the evidence shows fraudulent and material misstatements in the application for insurance; and, third, that there were erroneous rulings upon evidence. These contentions will be considered in the order indicated.
1. It is now well settled that one who is insured in a mutual benefit association, and who wishes to change the beneficiary, must make the change in the manner required by his policy and the rules of the association, and that any material deviation…
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