Jackson v. Northwestern Mutual Relief Ass'n
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. Action upon a policy of life insurance or certificate of membership issued by the defendant company to Cordelia Jackson, the deceased wife of the plaintiff, who is the beneficiary named therein. -An order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint was reversed by this court. 73 Wis. 507. The facts appearing upon the trial are sufficiently stated in the following opinion.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Iowa County. Action upon a policy of life insurance or certificate of membership issued by the defendant company to Cordelia Jackson, the deceased wife of the plaintiff, who is the beneficiary named therein. -An order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint was reversed by this court. 73 Wis. 507. The facts appearing upon the trial are sufficiently stated in the following opinion. There was a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment thereon the plaintiff appeals. To the point that the defendant waived the forfeiture if any accrued, they cited Si/ylow…
1Opinion of the CourtOrtoN, J.
On tbe 23d day of Marob, 1886, Cordelia Jackson, became a member of tbe Northwestern Mutual Belief Association, and received therefrom a certificate thereof, or a policy of insurance, which stipulated to pay her husband, William T. Jackson, the appellant, on her death, eighty per cent, of an assessment levied and collected for such purpose, not exceeding 84,000. Cordelia Jackson died on the 13th day of February, 1888. By the by-laws of this association, whenever any members die the surviving members are assessed to pay the beneficiaries named in the policies of such deceased members. Such…
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