Legal Opinion

Schon v. Modern Woodmen of America

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 16, 1909No. 7711PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for. Spokane county, Warren, J., entered January 24, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action upon a benefit certificate of life insurance.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.

— Three several actions were instituted in the court below by the beneficiaries named in a benefit certificate issued by the defendant to one Charles Martin Schon now deceased. The three actions were identical in all respects except as to parties plaintiff, and were consolidated for trial. We will therefore refer to them hereafter as a single action. The complaint was in the usual form in such cases, alleging the issuance of the benefit certificate to the deceased; that the deceased paid all dues and assessments and *484complied with all rules, regulations and requirements of the certificate…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Piedmont, Etc. Life-Ins. Co. v. Ewing, Etc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Insurance Company v. FoleySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Modern Woodmen of America v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Puls v. Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United WorkmenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Port Blakely Mill Co. v. Hartford Fire InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Greenlaw v. DilworthTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
  2. Fankboner v. SchubertIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. First Texas State Ins. Co. v. JiminezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Deadwyler v. Grand Lodge K. of P.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1925
  5. Hall v. King County Fire District No. 43Washington Supreme Court · 1965

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