Farr v. Trustees of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fau Olaire County. The facts are stated in the opinion. They argued, among other things, that the death of Ida B. Peck revoked her appointment as a beneficiary, and, no other direction being made, the laws of the society control the disposition of the funds. Given v. Wis. 0. F. M. L. Ins.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fau Olaire County. The facts are stated in the opinion. They argued, among other things, that the death of Ida B. Peck revoked her appointment as a beneficiary, and, no other direction being made, the laws of the society control the disposition of the funds. Given v. Wis. 0. F. M. L. Ins. Go. 71 Wis. 547; Riley v. Riley, 75 id. 464. Mrs. Farr is entitled to the full amount named in the certificate: first, by virtue of the direction in the certificate, and, second, by virtue of the laws of the society. If both beneficiaries had survived the insured, both would…
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, J.
On the 28th day of March, 1879, A. C. Peck became a member of the subordinate Banner Lodge No. 17, at the city of Eau Claire, by virtue of a certificate of insurance duly issued by the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the State of Wisconsin to the said A. C. Peck, by which said grand lodge promised and agreed, for a valuable consideration, to pay at the death of said A. C. Peck, according to the laws of the order, the sum of $2,000 to Ida B. Peck, the wife, and to Anna May Peck, the daughter, of said A. C. Peck (since intermarried with the coplaintiff J. F. Farr). On or…
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