Tusant v. Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Distriot Gourt. — W. S. Ayres, Judge. Suit in equity by the plaintiffs as members of the defendant association, asking to enjoin the enforcement against them of certain by-laws and amendments purporting to have been adopted by the defendant association, whereby the rights of the plaintiffs, as certificate holders of life insurance, will be greatly depreciated in value. There was a decree for the plaintiffs, and the defendants have appealed.'—
1Opinion of the Court
Evans, J.,
1- mutualNbenéfit insurance: validity of fundamental change in insurance. The defendant is a fraternal beneficiary association, organized under the provisions of Sections 1822 and 1823 of the Code. It was originally organized about fifty years ago, as a voluntary association, and was formally incorporated in 1911, as . a voluntary association not for profit. It . . A is essentially a life association, which pnr- ' ports to pay its death losses by appropriate , assessments upon the surviving members. Its maximum insurance is $2,000, for which it issues its certificate to a member.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ebert v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Strauss v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Stevens v. StevensSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- McConnell v. Iowa Mutual Aid Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
- Benjamin v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nCalifornia Supreme Court · 1905
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- Case v. Supreme Tribe of Ben HurNebraska Supreme Court · 1921
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