Ridgeway v. Modern Woodmen of America
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Saline district court; Dallas Grover, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J.:
William H. Strohm obtained a beneficiary certificate in the Modern Woodmen of America. Thereafter he became a lineman for an electric-light company, and met his *241death through contact with a live wire while in that employment. The by-laws contained a provision that engaging in such an occupation by a member should exempt the society from liability on account of his death directly traceable thereto. His mother, the beneficiary, brought an action upon the certificate. The society defended upon the ground that it was released from liability by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Burnham v. Interstate Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Loesch v. Union Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Modern Woodmen of America v. WeekleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Tuttle v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- German Insurance v. AllenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Palumbo v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Hunter v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
- DePee v. National Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936
- Howrey v. Star Insurance Co. of AmericaWyoming Supreme Court · 1934
- Thomas v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1922
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