Mutual Aid Union v. Blacknall
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; James Cochran, Judge; 1. The summons should have been quashed. Kirby's Digest, § § 4377, 6067, 4348, etc., 4350; 104 Árk. 417; 74 Id. 1. 2. The court erred in refusing to permit appellant to amend the answer.
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Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; James Cochran, Judge; 1. The summons should have been quashed. Kirby's Digest, § § 4377, 6067, 4348, etc., 4350; 104 Árk. 417; 74 Id. 1. 2. The court erred in refusing to permit appellant to amend the answer. Kirby’s Digest, § § 6145, 6149; 64 Ark. 253. 3. The policy was void for fraud. 103 Ark. 201; 74 Id. 1; 72 Id. 620; 25 Cyc. 798 to 801. Having made false answers to questions relative to his health, no recovery could be had. 103 Ark. 201; 74 Id. 1; 72 Id. 620; 25 Cyc. 798 to 801. 4. A verdict should have been directed for defendants as…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellee, as the beneficiary under a cer- ' tificate of membership in the appellant company, recovered judgment against appellant for the amount of this certificate. The suit was brought in the circuit court of Logan County, where the decedent and the beneficiary lived, and a motion to quash the summons was filed upon the ground that the company is a mutual aid society organized and existing for the mutual aid of the beneficiaries of its members, in case of death, and that said organization is not based upon a subscribed or paid-up capital, either in whole or in part, but alone upon…
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