Carlson v. Supreme Council American Legion of Honor
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County. A. L. Frick, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Searls, C.
Mary Carlson, the appellant, brings this action to recover from the defendant (the Supreme Council American Legion of Honor, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Massachusetts, and doing business in the state of California) the sum of two thousand dollars upon a benefit certificate issued August 5, 1892, to Edward Carlson, the husband of plaintiff, reciting him to be a member of a subordinate council of defendant, know as Livermore Council, No. 1070.
The cause was submitted to the court upon an agreed statement of facts, and judgment was entered in favor of…
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