Munger v. Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — W. S. Ayres, Judge. Action on a certificate of membership in defendant association stipulating for insurance resulted in a directed verdict for "defendant and judgment thereon. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Insurance: mutual benefit: fauitinnpay-e' ment: effect. I. The defendant is a fraternal beneficiary association organized under Chapter 9, Title IX, of the Code, and acts amendatory thereto. On May 9, 1912, it issued a certificate of membership to Travers D. Mun-. ger, covering insurance on his life m the sum $2,000, he becoming a member of the local lodge, known as Banner Homestead No. 39. On September 10, 1912, Munger died from injuries in a railroad accident. In re Munger’s Estate, 168 Iowa 372. The beneficiaries named in the certificate were his two minor children, of whom the…
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