Petherick v. General Assembly of Order
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Frazer, J. Assumpsit by Mary Teagan Petherick against the General Assembly of the Order of the Amaranth on a mutual benefit certificate. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Action on a mutual benefit certificate. Plaintiff, the beneficiary named in the certificate, recovered. Defendant brings error. The defenses relied upon in this court are suspension for nonpayment of assessments, failure to pay dues, which, it is claimed, suspends the right to benefits ipso facto, and error in excluding evidence of statements made by deceased. It is further claimed that failure to pay assessments operated to suspend the right to benefits without any formal suspension.
*4221. An attempt was made to suspend the member for nonpayment of assessment No. 21. The jury must have found that…
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