Legal Opinion
Umberger v. Modern Brotherhood of America
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 4, 1912PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — How-. Jas. E. Goodrich, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
Plaintiff is the widow of Stephen L. Umberger, deceased, and brought this action on a benefit certificate of life insurance for two thousand dollars. Defendant is a fraternal benefit society organized; chartered and resident in the state of Iowa. It was authorized to do business in Missouri and Kansas and some other states. Its organization embraced local or subordinate lodges in the territory where it did business. It had a local lodge in Kansas City, Missouri. Umberger lived and died a resident of Pawnee county, Kansas, a distance of near three hundred miles from Missouri. While a resident…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Equitable Life Assurance Society v. ClementsSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Cravens v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- State ex rel. Supreme Lodge Knights v. VandiverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Herzberg v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Dennis v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Crohn v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Ragsdale v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1934
- Brooks v. Travelers' Protective Ass'n of AmericaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1931
- Wheeler v. Ben Hub Life Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1953