Smith v. Supreme Council
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Supreme Council, American Legion of Honor, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the' county of New York on the 20th day of January, 1904, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the New York Trial Term.'
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The plaintiff by this action seeks to recover the sum "of $5,000, the amount of a benefit certificate issued by the defendant to Charles Smith, the husband of the plaintiff, as a member of the defendant corporation, a mutual benefit insurance society. By the terms of the Certificate defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiff $5,000 upon satisfactory proof of the death of the insured while a member of the defendant in good standing. It was shown upon the trial that the certificate was issued to the insured February 14, 1889, and that he remained in good standing until his death, which…
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