Benjamin v. District Grand Lodge No. 4
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
The action was one for the recovery of two thousand dollars upon a beneficiary certificate issued by defendant to plaintiff’s husband. By the terms of the certificate defendant agreed to pay two thousand dollars to Rachel Benjamin upon “satisfactory evidence” of the death of the insured and of the fact that “at the time of his death he was neither expelled nor suspended” from the order.
The action was instituted in February, 1909. It was alleged in the complaint that Benny Benjamin, the insured, was…
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