Engle v. National Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics of U. S. of North America

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

George D. Engle, husband of the plaintiff below and appellee herein, made application for membership in what is known as the “Beneficiary Degree” of the appellant fraternal order, and was issued a certificate and contract of life insurance on March 30, 1935. He was then forty-eight years of age. By the terms of the contract the insurer agreed to pay him $1,000 upon his seventieth birthday, or upon proof of his death prior thereto to pay that amount to his wife, Barbara. He died suddenly May 5, 1935, from a heart condition. Payment of the claim was refused, whereupon…