Legal Opinion

Pavlick v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 4, 1917PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, ■ — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1). Plaintiff was entitled to recover the full amount paid by him as premiums on this policy J being $266.75, together. with interest thereon from the time of each such payment to date. Suess v. Life Insurance Co., 64 Mo. App. 1; Slater v. Supreme Lodge, K. & L. of H., 78 Mo. App. 387; Puschman v. Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance Co., 92 Mo.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, ■ — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1). Plaintiff was entitled to recover the full amount paid by him as premiums on this policy J being $266.75, together. with interest thereon from the time of each such payment to date. Suess v. Life Insurance Co., 64 Mo. App. 1; Slater v. Supreme Lodge, K. & L. of H., 78 Mo. App. 387; Puschman v. Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance Co., 92 Mo. App. .640. (2) Defendant had waived that portion of the by-laws requiring payment of premiums before the 20th of each month, by accepting such premiums from time…

1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.

Plaintiff instituted this action against the defendant before a justice of the peace, filing a statement, in which he' sets out that the defendant is an insurance company authorized to do business in this State, and that he became a member and took out a. policy in the insurance department of the defendant in June, 1897, at the rate of one dollar a month, paying thereon at that rate and at a rate which from time to time was increased until June 1, 1908, when his premium was placed at $1.95 a month, he continuing to pay, as he avers in his statement, until July 12, 1912. He avers that after…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McMahon v. Supreme Tent Knights of the Maccabees of the WorldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
  2. Keys v. National Council Knights & Ladies of SecurityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
  3. Griffith v. Supreme Council of the Royal ArcanumMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
  4. Oldham v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pronovich v. Plains Township, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1949

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