Hodson v. Great Camp
Indiana Court of Appeals
From St. Joseph Circuit Court; Walter A. Funk, Judge. Action by Annie M. Hodson against the Great Camp, Knights of the Modern Maccabees. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Myers, C. J.-
— Appellant appeals from a judgment rendered on a verdict returned at the direction of the court. The overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial is assigned as error. Under this error we are called upon to review the action of the court in giving to the jury a peremptory instruction to find for appellee.
The complaint in this action was founded upon a benefit certificate issued by appellee, certifying that William K. Hodson had been regularly admitted as a member of the order, and was entitled to all the rights, benefits and privileges of such membership, and that at his…
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