Railway Mail Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Henry

Mr. Judge Smedley,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

This is a suit for $2,000.00 by respondent, Mrs. Elizabeth Henry, as beneficiary of a certificate of membership issued to her husband, Walter S. Henry, by petitioner, Railway Mail Mutual Bénefit Association, a fraternal benefit society.

The trial court rendered judgment that respondent take nothing by her suit, having concluded that before the death of Walter S. Henry on August 23, 1941, his membership was suspended ¿nd the right to benefits under the certificate lapsed on account of his failure to pay on or…