Jaeger v. Grand Lodge of Wisconsin of the Order of Hermann's Sons
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal prom a judgment of the circuit court for" Milwaukee county: WarreN D. TarraNt, Circuit Judge. This action was brought against the defendant to recover upon a benefit certificate or policy for $1,000 issued September 1, 1888. The plaintiffs recovered judgment for $363.93 damages and costs, said damages being the amount which the court below held balance due plaintiffs upon the certificate or policy.
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Appeal prom a judgment of the circuit court for" Milwaukee county: WarreN D. TarraNt, Circuit Judge. This action was brought against the defendant to recover upon a benefit certificate or policy for $1,000 issued September 1, 1888. The plaintiffs recovered judgment for $363.93 damages and costs, said damages being the amount which the court below held balance due plaintiffs upon the certificate or policy. Upon the trial the defendant admitted there was due and paid over $536.07, and the judgment recovered was the difference between this amount and the face of the certificate less $100. The…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
The facts in this case as found by the court are undisputed. They appear in tbe foregoing statement of the case.
Error is assigned upon the conclusions of law. We are reminded by the learned counsel for appellant of the great importance of the principles involved in this case to fraternal societies generally, and we approach the consideration of the-case fully conscious of the fact that the legal principles involved are far reaching in their importance to all fraternal associations.
The deceased, Claus J aeger, became a member of the lodge in 1879 and continued to 1888, when under a new…
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