Prætorians v. Cowart

This was a suit for the death benefit of a life-insurance policy issued by a fraternal benefit association, the petition alleging that the deceased, to whom the policy had been is*125sued, was not a member of the association, and that consequently the contract must be treated and considered as a regular life-insurance policy, without regard to the provisions of the by-laws of the association, to which reference was made in the certificate of insurance but which were not attached thereto. The premiums having been long since in default at the time of the death of the insured, it is contended by the…