Anderson v. Royal League
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $1,000 upon defendant’s benefit certificate upon the life of Robert Whidden. The answer admitted that plaintiff was the beneficiary named in the certificate, but denied that she was dependent upon the insured at the time of bis death within the meaning of the law and the contract and set up in terms the by-law quoted in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $1,000 upon defendant’s benefit certificate upon the life of Robert Whidden. The answer admitted that plaintiff was the beneficiary named in the certificate, but denied that she was dependent upon the insured at the time of bis death within the meaning of the law and the contract and set up in terms the by-law quoted in the opinion. The case was tried before Ensign, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for the amount demanded. From the order denying its…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
When plaintiff was sis years old, her mother, a widow, married Kobert Whidden. One older and one younger sister also became members of Whidden’s household. He supported and educated bis step-daughters until they married, and both before and since their marriage has treated them as if they bad been bis natural children. They in turn have regarded him as a father. Plaintiff went by bis name before becoming Mrs. Anderson. During tbe greater part of her 16 years of married life sbe lived near her mother and Mr. Whidden. Tbe intercourse between tbe two families was characterized with that intimacy…
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