Brotherhood of American Yeomen v. Manz

Ellen Manz, as beneficiary in a certificate of insurance issued to Henry Manz, her husband, by the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, a fraternal association, brought this action to recover the amount of policy, setting forth in her complaint the necessary allegations as to the contract of insurance, the death of the insured, and proof thereof, etc. The defendant in its answer denied liability for the following reasons: First, that the insured in his application to become a member of the brotherhood represented and warranted his age to be forty-*612nine years, when in truth and in fact he was fift…