Rogers v. Equitable Mutual Life & Endowment Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hind-man, Judge. 'About 2 o’clock p. m., December 17,1895, tbe plaintiff made application, at Boone, Iowa, to one Ayleswortb for membership in 'the accident department of the defendant association located at Waterloo Iowa. Aylesworth was the defendant’s soliciting agent at Boone. The application was in writing.
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Appeal from Boone District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hind-man, Judge. 'About 2 o’clock p. m., December 17,1895, tbe plaintiff made application, at Boone, Iowa, to one Ayleswortb for membership in 'the accident department of the defendant association located at Waterloo Iowa. Aylesworth was the defendant’s soliciting agent at Boone. The application was in writing. The application was mailed at Boone on the afternoon of the day it was made, and readied Waterloo' on the forenoon of the next day, and was accepted, and a certificate issued, dated December 18, 1895, which was mailed to Aylesworth at…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The following are provisions of the certificate: “That the Equitable Mutual Life and Endowment Association, Accident Department, in consideration of the warranties and agreements made in the application for membership, and of the sum of three dollars, and of the quarterly payment of three dollars and seventy-five cents, — the first quarterly payment falling due January 18, 1895, and the second May 1, 1895, and quarterly 'thereafter, — hereby accepts Lewis R.. Rogers, 'by occupation, profession, or employment a freight brakeman, postoffi.ee address, Boone, county of Boone, state of Iowa, as a…
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