Sovereign Camp Woodmen of World v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; James II. Cochran, Judge; Appellant did not comply with the terms of this contract, by notifying the sovereign clerk and by the payment of an additional premium while serving in the army. This had the effect to merely suspend the operation of the contract, and did not render it void. 138 Ark. 442. However, the failure to comply with the conditions of his contract is a bar to any claim thereunder during this period.
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Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; James II. Cochran, Judge; Appellant did not comply with the terms of this contract, by notifying the sovereign clerk and by the payment of an additional premium while serving in the army. This had the effect to merely suspend the operation of the contract, and did not render it void. 138 Ark. 442. However, the failure to comply with the conditions of his contract is a bar to any claim thereunder during this period. The policy provided against the waiver of any of the conditions of the policy by any officer, agent, etc., and such provisions…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The appellant is a mutual benefit society doing business in this State. Farrar Newberry was deputy manager of appellant in this State on March 16, 1918. His duties were organizing new camps, reviving old camps, and soliciting new members. On the day mentioned he was at Booneville, Arkansas, for the purpose of initiating a class of new members, and on that day a class was initiated into the order at his solicitation and under his direction, of which James W. Richardson was a member. Newberry was not an officer of the Sovereign 'Camp which has its domicile at Omaha, Nebraska. On April 3, 1918,…
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