National Council of Knights & Ladies of Security v. Wilson

*294Opinion op the Court by

Judge Lassing —

Affirming.

On the 4th of June, 1909, the National Council of Knights and Ladies of Security, a benevolent association, issued to John W. Crow an insurance certificate for $2,000. He was a member of said society and continued a member in good standing until his death on June 1, 1910. Notice of his death was promptly given,' but the society refused payment, and suit was instituted upon the policy. The company resisted payment upon the ground that the policy had been procured through fraud practiced upon it in that the applicant had made false answers to…