Rhodes v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

Whatever rules the railroad company promulgates concerning the insurance of its employees are a part of the contract of insurance and are, stating the rule broadly, as binding upon the parties as any other provisions in the contract: Independent Foresters v. Keliher, 36 Or. 501, 510 (59 Pac. 324, 1109, 60 Pac. 563, 78 Am. St. Rep. 785). The plaintiff invokes this general doctrine and says that Rule 11 is a part of the contract; and then after making Rule 11 a part of the contract the plaintiff argues that Addie M. "Walker was ineligible and that the designation of her as the beneficiary was…