O'Brien v. Catholic Order of Foresters

This is an appeal from a judgment for $1,000 recovered by appellee from appellant upon a benefit certificate issued by appellant to William J. O’Brien, the deceased husband of appellee. The certificate was issued on January 28, 1907, and contains a provision that the amount thereof is payable to appellee upon due proof of the fact and cause of the death of William J. O ’Brien, and upon condition that he should, at the time of his death, be a member of the appellant society in good standing, and should have complied with all the by-laws thereof. When the certificate was issued, O’Brien was a…