Modern Brotherhood of America Lodge v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from County Court, Pawnee County; Fred S. Liscum, Judge. Action by John D. Bailey against the Modern Brotherhood of America Lodge. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BREWER, C.
This suit was brought in the court below by John D. Bailey, the defendant in error here, on a benefit certificate of insurance, issued by plain tiff in error to his wife, Emma Bailey, who, previous to> the time of the suit, had died. The plaintiff in error is a fraternal benefit society, with lodge features, together with an insurance feature, under which its lodge members, are given insurance indemnity. In this case, Emma Bailey was accepted as a member and initiated as such in April, 1910, and thereafter paid monthly, at the time they were due, a certain per capita tax,…
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