Salter v. Security Benefit Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The parents of Cora J. Salter, being the beneficiaries of a certificate of the Security Benefit Association issued to her, brought this action against the association upon that certificate. The defendant resisted payment on the ground that by nonpayment of her dues for January, 1923, she had ceased to be a member of the order at the time of her death, which took place at noon of February 1, 1923. The plaintiffs asserted that while the by-laws provided that payment of dues for each month should be made before the' expiration of the month, a…