Legal Opinion

Collins v. Catholic Order of Foresters

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 23, 1909No. 6,531PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Prom Superior Court of Marion County (69,896); John L. McMaster, Judge. Action by, Mary A. Collins against the Catholic Order of Foresters. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtRabb, J.

Mary Alice Collins brought suit against the Catholic Order of Foresters, to recover on an insurance policy issued by said order to James Edward Collins, her husband, and of which policy she was and is the sole beneficiary.

The complaint alleges that appellee was a corporation engaged in the business of mutual benefit insurance; that on December 3, 1904, James Edward Collins, who was at that time appellant’s husband, signed a written application for membership in the Catholic Order of Foresters. The complaint set out said application for membership, together with the medical examiner’s…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Haughton v. Aetna Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Billings v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1898
  3. Jacobs v. JolleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1902
  4. Standard Life & Accident Insurance v. MartinIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Mutual Life Insurance v. SnyderSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Heiny, Admx. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Deeter v. BurkIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
  3. Catholic Order of Foresters v. CollinsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
  4. Chicago & Erie Railroad v. HamerickIndiana Court of Appeals · 1911
  5. Brunnemer, Admx. v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1938

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