Modern Woodmen v. Lawson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wythe county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This action was brought by Lizzie B. Lawson, beneficiary, to recover of the defendant, the Modern Woodmen of America, a beneficial society, the amount of a certificate issued to her late husband, Malcolm D. Lawson, deceased.
There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, which judgment is now the subject of review.
The salient facts are as follows: Late in June or early in July, 1907, J. W. Tinsley, as deputy head consul of the society, organized a local camp at Ivanhoe, in Wythe county, Virginia, with Joseph M. Warren, consul, McTeer Painter, banker, Samuel H. Dean, clerk, and Dr. J. S.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lau Ow Bew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- High Court Independent Order of Foresters v. SchweitzerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Modern Woodmen of America v. ColmanNebraska Supreme Court · 1903
- Planters' Insurance v. MyersMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- Pudritzky v. Supreme Lodge Knights of HonorMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- Modern Woodmen of America v. MilesIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
- Green v. Southwestern Voluntary Ass'nSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
- Combs v. Equitable Life Ins. Co. of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias v. FewSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
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