Beason v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Cleburne County; A. P. Agee, Judge. Suit by Minnie G. Beason against the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Cleburne County; A. P. Agee, Judge. Suit by Minnie G. Beason against the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Defendant’s plea No. 8 reads as follows: “D. T. Beason, on, to wit, September 5, 1917, made a written application to join defendant order, which application constitutes a part of the contract sued on and contains the following provision: T hereby certify, agree, and' warrant that all the statements, representations, and answers in this application, consisting of two pages, as aforesaid, are full,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The court, upon request, gave general affirmative instruction for the defendant, appellee, in appellant’s action on a benefit certificate, payable to appellant, issued in September, 1917, by the defendant, insuring the life of L. T. Beason who died of a form of cancer on April 9,1919.
[1] The first amendment of the complaint —effected by substitution of three counts for the original complaint—included, along with a claim on the “policy,” a claim for $100 “towards the erection of a monument to the memory of” the insured. Aside from the ground of demurrer taking the objection of misjoinder of…
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