Kennedy v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Mackintosh, J., entered April 18, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on a benefit certificate:
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant, on July 24, 1914, issued a benefit certificate in the sum of $3,000 to Francis Sprague Kennedy, in which his son Frank Hall Kennedy was named as beneficiary. The insured died on March 28,1915, and the appellant, claiming the certificate had lapsed through nonpayment of dues and the consequent suspension of the insured from the order, refused to make payment according to its terms. The respondent, as guardian ad litem for the beneficiary, who was a minor, instituted this action to recover upon such benefit certificate. The theory of the action was that the laws of the order…
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