Tessmann v. Supreme Commandery of United Friends

This action is brought upon a relief-fund certificate issued by the defendant society to JosephineEiehstaedt, by the terms of which a sum not exceeding 81,000 is made payable, in case of death, to the plaintiff, who is the daughter of Mrs. Eiehstaedt. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for the amount named, with interest. The defenses interposed were, first, that proper proofs of' death were not furnished, the claim being that, after the-proofs were furnished, a demand for further proofs upon the subject of the birth of the deceased was made by. the-company. The second defense was that the…