Stylow v. Wisconsin Odd Fellows Mutual Life Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: This action was brought to recover $1,000 upon a certificate of insurance in the appellant companjq No. 62, duly issued to F. Stylow, the husband of the respondent. The respondent was named the beneficiary in said certificate.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: This action was brought to recover $1,000 upon a certificate of insurance in the appellant companjq No. 62, duly issued to F. Stylow, the husband of the respondent. The respondent was named the beneficiary in said certificate. F. Stylow died October 29, 1885. Said Stylow was, on the 30th of November, 1880, a member in good standing in "Washington Lodge, No. 77, of the Wisconsin Odd Fellows, and as such member was entitled to become insured by the…
1Opinion of the CourtTayloR, J.
Notwithstanding the very able argument of the learned counsel for the appellant, we are of the opinion that the company had waived the right to declare the policy forfeited for the nonpayment of assessments Nos. 17 and 18, which were unpaid and past due at the time of his death. The assured had every reason to believe that the company -would accept the payment of these assessments as it had accepted the payment of all others within *229a reasonable time after they became due, without making any question as to his state of health. And it is equally plain that, had payment been tendered the day…
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