Dolan v. Supreme Council Catholic Mutual Benefit Ass'n
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Donovan, J. Assumpsit by Rose Dolan against the Supreme Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association on a policy of insurance. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error. Defendant is a mutual benefit association organized under the laws of the State of New York. On the 24th of March, 1884, it insured the life of James Dolan, one of its members.
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Error to Wayne; Donovan, J. Assumpsit by Rose Dolan against the Supreme Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association on a policy of insurance. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error. Defendant is a mutual benefit association organized under the laws of the State of New York. On the 24th of March, 1884, it insured the life of James Dolan, one of its members. The certificate or policy of insurance named Anna Dolan, the wife of the insured, beneficiary. Anna Dolan having died, the insured on the 13th of March, 1900, took out a new…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
(after stating the facts). First. Had the insured a lawful right to designate Guerold as beneficiary ? Plaintiff contends that he had not; that he was prohibited from doing this upon grounds of public policy. If the contract in question were a New York contract, and its lawfulness determined by the law of that State, we should be forced to deny this contention, for the courts of that State, as heretofore stated, have determined this question adversely to plaintiff. The contract in question, however, is — and this is now conceded by defendant’s counsel — a Michigan contract. Its lawfulness is…
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