Supreme Court of Honor v. Updegraff

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J. :

This was an action on a certificate of memership in a fraternal order, the Supreme Court of Honor, held by George C. Updegraff at the time *475of his death, in October, 1901. The action was brought by defendant in error, wife of the deceased, who was the beneficiary named in the certificate.

The insured came to his death by suicide more than two years after the date of his certificate of membership, which certificate was in effect a policy of life insurance for the sum of $2000, conditioned on the insured’s complying with the constitution, rules…