Hutchason v. Policemen's Burial Fund Ass'n

GRAVES, Justice.

In the court below, Mrs. J. H. Hutchason, a widow, sued Policemen’s Burial Fund Association for death-benefits alleged to be due -her, because of the death of her -husband on November 27, 1940. The action was on a membership certificate, carried by J. H. Hutchason with the defendant Association, and providing for the payment of the residue of $1,500, after his funeral expenses had been deducted therefrom, to his widow, upon his death.

Policemen’s Burial Fund Association defended on the theory that the certificate of membership was not in force at the -time of deceased’s death,…