Legal Opinion
Tobin v. Modern Woodmen of America
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 26, 1901PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Error to Saginaw; Wilber, J. Assumpsit by Helen Tobin against the Modern Woodmen of America on a benefit certificate. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendant is a fraternal society, and the action one brought against it by a beneficiary named in one of its certificates issued to her late husband. Upon the certificate was the following:
“1. That the application for membership in this society made by the said member, a copy of which is hereto attached and made part hereof, together with the report of the medical examiner, which is on file in the office of the head clerk, and is hereby referred to and made part of this contract, is true in all respects, and that the literal *163truth of such application, and each and every part thereof,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Continental Life Insurance v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Jeffries v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. FranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Ketcham v. American Mutual Accident Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Finch v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Blumenthal v. Berkshire Life-InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
- Mid-Continent Life Ins. Co. v. HouseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Ranger, Inc. v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. Of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952
- Cooley v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
- Zeilman v. FryMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
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