Loeffler v. Modern Woodmen of America
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for La Crosse-county: O. B. Wyman, Circuit Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.
On November 25, 1889, the defendant, an Ulinois corporation, issued to the plaintiff its benefit certificate, to the effect that he was a member of the La Crosse camp, at La Crosse, while in good standing in the fraternity, and entitled to participate in its benefit fund to an amount not to exceed $3,000, which should be paid at his death to his wife, Dora, by its head camp, subject to all the conditions on the back of such certificate and named in its fundamental laAvs, and liable to forfeiture if said neighbor should not comply with the conditions, laws, and such by-laws and rules as were…
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- Crisler v. CrumNebraska Supreme Court · 1927
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