Watts v. Equitable Mutual Life Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Thomas F. Stevenson, Judge. Action in equity upon a certificate of life insurance, in which the plaintiff is named as the beneficiary. There was a decree for tbe plaintiff. Tbe defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
On the twenty-eighth day of September, 1892, Dr. Jackson Watts held a certificate of membership in St. Stephen’s Brotherhood, a mutual insurance company then doing business in this state. The plaintiff was the beneficiary named in the certificate. The defendant was at that time a corporation' engaged in the same business. On the day named a written agreement was entered into’ by St. Stephen’s Brotherhood and the defendant for a consolidation of the two companies. In this agreement the defendant stipulated to enter into a contract with each holder of a brotherhood certificate or policy to…
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