Legal Opinion
Sweetser v. Odd Fellows Mutual Aid Ass'n
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 24, 1889No. 13,013PublishedCited by 49 opinions
From the Marion Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mitchell, J. —
This was an action by Frances M. Sweetser to recover upon two certificates issued by the Odd Fellows Mutual Aid Association of Indiana to James N. Sweetser, by the terms of which the association agreed, upon certain considerations mentioned,to pay to the plaintiff, who was mentioned in the certificates as one of the beneficiaries, a certain sum of money upon due proof of the death of James N. Sweetser.
It was averred in the complaint that Sweetser died on December 16th, 1880, and that proof of his death had been waived by the company. The certificates, copies of which are set…
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