Wallace v. Fraternal Mystic Circle
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Yance, J. Assumpsit by Christine Wallace against the Fraternal Mystic Circle on a certificate of insurance. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The plaintiff is the beneficiary named in an insurance certificate issued to her husband by the defendant. After the death of the husband, the defendant denied any liability because the husband had failed to pay the last assessment made before his death, and the plaintiff brought this suit. The case was tried by a jury, who returned a verdict in favor of defendant. The plaintiff brings the case here by writ of error.
The errors which it is necessary to discuss in this opinion relate to the admission of testimony and the charge of the court. The insurance certificate was issued in January,…
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