Franklin Life Insurance v. Morrell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Monroe Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; The beneficiary acquired no vested interest in the certificate, 1. The contract must be construed according to the laws of the State of Illinois, of which State the appellant, the member and the beneficiary named in the certificate were residents at the time the contract was entered into.
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Appeal from Monroe Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; The beneficiary acquired no vested interest in the certificate, 1. The contract must be construed according to the laws of the State of Illinois, of which State the appellant, the member and the beneficiary named in the certificate were residents at the time the contract was entered into. By the terms of the contract itself the member could surrender without consent or joinder of the beneficiary. 124 111. 349; 198 111. 601; 175 111. 187; 126 111. 404; 96 111. 314; 51 111. App. 23; 71 Ark. 300; 61 Ark. S; 55 Ark. 210; 104 Ga. 256;…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
This is an action instituted first at law, and on motion of plaintiff transferred to equity, by Mina Wetzel, widow of Fritz Wetzel, deceased, to recover the sum of one thousand dollars alleged to be due from the defendant, Franklin Life Insurance Co., on a benefit certificate or policy of insur'anee issued by the Franklin Fife Association, a fraternal insurance society to Fritz Wetzel, one of its members, the defendant, Franklin Fife Insurance Company, after the issuance of the certificate, having succeeded to the business of the former Association and assumed its contracts.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Martin v. StubbingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Delaney v. DelaneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Grand Legion v. BeatyIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Middeke v. BalderIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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- Page v. Prudential Life Insurance Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1942
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- Missouri State Life Insurance v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Whitlow v. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the WorldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
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