Schuster v. Knights & Ladies of Security
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered January 21, 1910, granting a nonsuit in an action upon a beneficiary certificate, after a trial before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The defendant is a foreign corporation, organized and doing business as a fraternal beneficiary society. It has a subordinate lodge in the town of Chattaroy, in this state, known as Royal Council No. 1,380 of The Knights and Ladies of Security. On the 27th day of Octo*43ber, 1906, Minnie A. Schuster became a member of the lodge at Chattaroy, and the defendant issued to her a beneficiary, certificate in the sum of $1,000, payable to her daughter Ethel H. Schuster, upon the death of the assured. The assured thereafter made timely payments of her dues and assessments, up to August 1, 1908. On…
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