Peterson v. National Council of the Knights & Ladies of Security
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) No one can be made a beneficiary unless be comes within tbe classes named in tbe laws of tbe order, and tbe designation of tbe beneficiary as belonging to a certain class, if false, avoids tbe policy. Keener v. A. O. U. W., 38 Mo. App. 543; Wagner v. Benefit Society, 70 Mo. App. 161; Sup. Council v. Niedlet, 81 Mo. App. 598; Dennis v. Modem Brotherhood of America, 119 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) No one can be made a beneficiary unless be comes within tbe classes named in tbe laws of tbe order, and tbe designation of tbe beneficiary as belonging to a certain class, if false, avoids tbe policy. Keener v. A. O. U. W., 38 Mo. App. 543; Wagner v. Benefit Society, 70 Mo. App. 161; Sup. Council v. Niedlet, 81 Mo. App. 598; Dennis v. Modem Brotherhood of America, 119 Mo. App. 210; Vaughn v. United American Mechanics, 136 Mo. App. 362; Missey v. Knights & Ladies of Honor, 147 Mo. App. 137; Umberger v. Modem…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is a suit in equity upon a certificate of insurance issued by the' defendant, a mutual benefit association, for the reformation of the certificate arid praying for judgment thereon for the amount named therein, to-wit, $1000. In the certificate plaintiff was designated as a “dependent” of the insured. It is averred, in effect, that this designation was erroneously made, through mutual mistake of the.parties ; that plaintiff and the insured, however, were members of the same family and plaintiff therefore entitled to have the certificate reformed and made to designate her as one of the…
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- Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor v. NairnMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Carmichael v. Northwestern Mutual Benefit Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Jones v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Hyde v. HoniterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Truman v. WaltonOhio Supreme Court · 1899
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