Sleight v. Supreme Council of Mystic Toilers
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Oourt. — Host. W. G. Thompson, Judge. Action at law upon a.benefit certificate issued by the defendant, the Supreme Council of the Mystic Toilers. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
February 8, 1900, Laura A, Sleight was admitted to membership in the defendant association; and there was issued to her a certificate which provided, among other things, “that Edward Sleight et al. in case of the death of said member are hereby entitled to receive from the benefit fund * * * the amount of one assessment for each contributing member, not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. But the right to receive such payment in case of death or disability is to be governed by *726the provisions, conditions, and-limitations contained in the articles of incorporation, constitution and laws,…
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