Foote v. Grand Lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by Marguerite Foote against the Grand Lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We desire only to especially refer to cases cited by appellee.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by Marguerite Foote against the Grand Lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We desire only to especially refer to cases cited by appellee. Grant v. Independent Order Sons and Daughters of Jacob, 52 So. 698-, the first case referred to, did not involve the question now at issue. That case' simply bolds, as' shown by its syllabi: “A life policy being valid in its inception, its subsequent…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
On March 30, 1909, appellee, a fraternal and benevolent insurance order, issued to M. D. Foote, then an unmarried man, a policy of insurance on his life for the sum of sis hundred dollars, payable to his mother, Laura Foote. Thereafter he was married to appellant. The beneficiary in the policy was never changed. When Foote died, it was still payable to his mother. Appellee paid her the full amount of the policy.
Appellant, the widow of Foote, brought this suit in chancery to recover from appellee the amount of insurance on her husband’s life, which appellee paid, in accordance with the policy,…
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