Locomotive Engineers' Mut. Life & Accident Ins. v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; John C. Pollock, Judge. Action at law by Eliza Thomas against Locomotive Engineers’ Mutual Life & Accident Insurance Association. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VALKENBURGH, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error is a mutual life and accident insurance association, incorporated under the laws of the state of Ohio. Its business is to provide life and accident insurance on the assessment plan for members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, a voluntary labor organization. The de*410fendant in error is the mother of one John G. Thomas, who, as a member of subdivision No. 186 of the Grand International Division of the said Brotherhood at Denver, Colp., became the holder of two certificates of membership, or policies of insurance, in the defendant…
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