Abe Lincoln Mutual Life & Accident Society v. Miller

Green. J.

This was an action in debt brought by the children of Fountain Miller (defendants in error) to recover a death benefit on a certificate of membership, issued to their father by plaintiff in error. Plaintiff in error was the successor of the “ Widows and Orphans’ Mutual Aid Society,” a mutual association not for pecuniary profit, organized under the statute in force prior to 1883. Miller became a member of this society July 15, 1882, and retained such membership until December 28, 1883, on which day plaintiff in error, under the statute of' 1883, organized as a mutual association for…