United Artisans v. Cronise
Oregon Supreme Court
Prom Limi: William Galloway, Judge. Department 2. This is a suit of interpleader filed by the United Artisan Lodge, a fraternal and benevolent organization, for the purpose of determining the ownership of the $1,900 insurance due upon the life of Harry- H. Cronise. A benefit certificate for $2,000 was first issued to him by plaintiff on May 4, 1896. The money was paid into court.
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Prom Limi: William Galloway, Judge. Department 2. This is a suit of interpleader filed by the United Artisan Lodge, a fraternal and benevolent organization, for the purpose of determining the ownership of the $1,900 insurance due upon the life of Harry- H. Cronise. A benefit certificate for $2,000 was first issued to him by plaintiff on May 4, 1896. The money was paid into court. The defendant, Elizabeth P. Cronise, the surviving widow of the insured made proof of loss and claimed the insurance money, and the defendants, Harry Kratz Cronise and Mabel Cronise Laughlin, children of the deceased…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
1. We will first consider the effect of the transfer of the benefit certificate or change of beneficiary. It appears without conflict that Harry H. Cronise did make the written request on Thursday, April 27, 1916, to have the certificate canceled and a new one issued which he forwarded by mail upon the same date to his local secretary and paid the fee of one dollar; that the request was signed in the presence of two persons who signed as witnesses. The assured died on May 2,1916. The request, as per form printed on the back of the certificate, was in conformity with the by-laws. With the…
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