Sautter v. Supreme Conclave Improved Order

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This is an action upon a benefit certificate issued by the defendant association to August Sautter, a member of its Newark City Conclave, on the 10th day of January, 1899, in and by which it promised to pay out of its benefit funds to his wife, the plaintiff in *326this action, the sum of $1,000, upon satisfactory proof of his death and the surrender of the certificate, provided he should be in good standing in the order at the time of his death.

The plea demurred to sets up as a defence to the action that Sautter, in his application…