Legal Opinion
Modern Woodmen of America v. Weekley
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 10, 1914No. 3581PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Error from Superior Court, Garfield County; Dan Huett, Judge. Action by Mary Weeldey against the 'Modern Woodmen of America to recover -the amount of benefit certificate issued to June Weekley, deceased. Judgment was for the plaintiff, and the defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
GALBRAITPI, C.
The contract involved in this action consists of the insured’s application, the benefit certificate, and the by-laws of the society. In the insured’s application for membership question No. 3.and his answers are as follows:
“Q. What is your business or occupation? A. Laborer, (b) Q. Have you any other business, employment or occupation, either regular, occasional, or during-any part of the year? A. No.”
And answer No. 4 in his application is :
“I am engaged in an honorable and lawful business or vocation and I am not now, nor occasionally, nor continuously during any part…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cooper v. FlesnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Holt v. HoltSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Merchants' Planters' Ins. Co. v. MarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Pringle v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaNebraska Supreme Court · 1906
- Western Nat. Ins. Co. v. MarshSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Ridgeway v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1916
- Cochran v. Order of United Commercial TravelersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Massachusetts Protective Ass'n v. TurnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Thomas v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1922
- Insuarance Co. of the St. of Penn. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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