Mosaic Templars of America v. Bean
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; R. J. Williams, Special Judge; statement op pacts. Frank Bean and Amanda Bean sued the Mosaic Templars of America to recover the sum of $300 alleged to be due them on a benefit certificate.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; R. J. Williams, Special Judge; statement op pacts. Frank Bean and Amanda Bean sued the Mosaic Templars of America to recover the sum of $300 alleged to be due them on a benefit certificate. The material facts are as follows: The Mosaic Templars of America is a fraternal beneficiary life association, and has been legally authorized to do business in the State of Arkansas since the beginning of the year ' .1916. On the 22d day of March, 1916, it issued a benefit certificate in the sum of $300 on the life of Maggie Starks, and Mary Young was designated as…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). The Legislature of 1917 passed an act pertaining to the regulation and incorporation of fraternal beneficiary associations. Acts of Ark. 1917, vol. 2, p. 2087. Section 6 provides that the payment of death benefits shall be confined to wife, husband and certain other designated relatives or dependents of the member.
The record shows that the plaintiffs are hot in any of the classes permitted by the statute to be made beneficiaries. Therefore counsel for the defendant contend that the plaintiffs can not recover on the benefit certificate sued on because the statute in…
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