Zaremba v. International Harvester Corp.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. Tlie action is to recover death benefits upon a certificate of membership in an unincorporated employees’ benefit association composed of employees of the defendant corporation.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. Tlie action is to recover death benefits upon a certificate of membership in an unincorporated employees’ benefit association composed of employees of the defendant corporation. The plaintiff is the beneficiary named in the certificate and is the widow of Frank Zaremba, a member of the association in good standing, who died July 16, 1912. The defendant, for the purposes of the action, admits that it has assumed liability to pay any sum which may be legally due on the certificate. The actión was…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 7, 1915:
Winslow, C. J.
The judgment must be affirmed under the principles laid down by this court in Fox v. Masons’ F. A. Asso. 96 Wis. 390, 71 N. W. 363.
In the present case the application for insurance provided that if proper claim were not made to the superintendent of the association within one year after the death of the insured the death benefit should lapse, and, further, that both the insured and the beneficiaries should be governed by the rules of the association providing for a final and conclusive settlement of all claims for benefits by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Loeffler v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Fox v. Masons' Fraternal Accident Ass'n of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Bartlett v. L. Bartlett & Son Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by6 opinions
- Sweet v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- Simenstad v. HagenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
- Employee's Benefit Ass'n of Calumet & Arizona Mining Co. v. JohnsArizona Supreme Court · 1926
- Fleming v. Merchants' Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- Marshall v. WittigWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
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