Scheufler v. Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Ramsey county on a certificate for $2,000, issued by defendant to August Scheufler, and payable, upon his death, to the plaintiff, who is his widow. A jury was waived, and the action tried by Kelly, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiff. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The plaintiff is the widow of August Scheufler, who died June 15, 1889. A recovery is sought upon a “beneficiary certificate” executed to the deceased, in April, 1884, by the defendant, in accordance with its constitution; This certificate declared that Scheufler was entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership in the order, and to participate in the beneficiary fund- of the same to the amount of $2,000, and that at his death such sum should be paid to his wife, this plaintiff, subject, however, to the “express condition that said August Scheufler shall in every particular, while a…
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