Prader v. National Masonic Accident Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Jones District Court. — Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. Action in equity to recover on a certificate of membership,. and to compel the levying and collection of an assessment for the payment of the amount claimed to be due. There was a hearing on the merits, and a decree for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The defendant is a corporation duly organized under the laws of this state. In December,. 1889, it issued to Christian M. Prader a certificate of membership, by which the defendant agreed to pay twenty-five dollars each week, for a period not exceeding fifty-two consecutive weeks, as indemnity for loss of time resulting from bodily injury inflicted-during the life of the certificate, through external, violent, and accidental means, which should, independently of all other causes, immediately, wholly, and continuously disable him from transacting his business. The certificate further required…
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