Brooks v. Conservative Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court.— Hon. N. M. Macy, Judge. Action on a certificate of insurance on the life of Sumner A. Brooks in favor of the plaintiff, his widow, in the sum of $1,500. The defense was that the contract had been forfeited by nonpayment of premiums. On a trial to the court without a jury, judgment was rendered for plaintiff in the sum of $1,148.91, from which defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
McClain, C. J.—
In February, 1886, Sumner A. Brooks became a member of the Southwestern Mutual Benefit Association, and received a certificate of membership providing for the payment on his death of $1,500 to his widow, the plaintiff in this action. The association was a mutual one, and the certificate provided for the payment of assessments by the member, not exceeding twelve each year, and semiannual dues, and that the member, failing to pay assessments and dues within thirty days after the date when due, “ shall be suspended, and his certificate become null and void, and all rights and…
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- Warwick v. Supreme Conclave Knights of DamonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Nederland Life Ins. v. MeinertCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1904
- Jelly v. Muscatine City & County Mutual Aid SocietySupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
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