Reece v. Security Benefit Assn.

This is an action by a member of a fraternal beneficiary association, on a beneficiary certificate of insurance, for what is termed old-age benefits or endowment. Upon a trial of the cause in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, plaintiff had judgment for $1749.88. Defendant's appeal went to the Kansas City Court of Appeals where the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed; however, SHAIN, P.J., dissented, in a separate opinion, and deeming the majority opinion to be contrary to previous decisions of this court and the Springfield Court of Appeals caused the appeal herein to be certified…