Mutual Aid Union v. Hollandsworth

This is an action instituted by appellee on a benefit certificate of insurance in the sum of $1,000 to recover an unpaid'balance alleged to be due, there having already been- paid a part of the sum named in the certificate. Appellant, a fraternal mutual insurance company, hereinafter referred to as the company, defended on the ground that there was no liability at all, on account of the fact that the certificate had lapsed for the nonpayment of dues, and also on the ground that there had been a settlement of the disputed claim and that appellee had executed a release in consideration of the…