Mather v. Boston & Maine Railroad Relief Ass'n

The defendant is a mutual assessment association organized and operating under St. 1882, c. 244, § 1, and by St. 1902, c. 214, § 1, it was exempted from the provisions of It. L. c. 119, relating to fraternal beneficiary corporations. The father of the plaintiff, Thomas Mather, the testator, a member of the association/held at his death, January 4,1922, a certificate of insurance dated June 9,1913, in which the defendant agreed to pay to Louis V. Mather, “son of the assured,” if living, and if he was not living, to pay to the legal beneficiary of the certificate holder within sixty days after…