Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Wheeler

1. A provision in' a certificate issued, by a fraternal beneficiary association to one of its members, which provides, pursuant to a provision of the constitution or a by-law of the 'association, that the payment of 'assessments levied against him shall cease at the expiration of twenty years, has reference only to the method of levying assessments, and confers no vested right which can not be annulled or impaired by subsequent legislation by the association during the life of the certificate and before the expiration of the twenty years, under the power in the association to change from time…