Legal Opinion

Teeple v. Fraternal Bankers' Reserve Society

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 20, 1917PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Jackson District Court. — Wm. Theopi-iilus, Judge. Action at law to recover upon a policy or certificate of insurance issued by the appellant to Marvin W. Teeple. There was a directed verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.

avoidance of ties and representations. On June 5, 1913, Marvin W. Teeple, a young man 21 years and 6 months of age, was admitted to membership in the defendant society, and received from defendant a certificate, providing,"subject to certain conditions hereinafter mentioned, that, upon satisfactory proof of the fact and cause of such member’s death while in good standing in the society, defendant would pay to his mother, Mary C. Teeple, the sum of $1,000.- Thereafter, on December *6712, 1914, Marvin W. Teeple died, while in good standing as a member of the society. Thereupon, the plaintiff, as the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Port Blakely Mill Co. v. Springfield Fire & Marine InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Redman v. Hartford Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
  4. Peterson v. Des Moines Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
  5. Eddy v. Hawkeye Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Olson v. Southern Surety Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1926
  2. Sutton v. Hawkeye Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
  3. Service Life Insurance v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
  4. Modern Woodmen of America v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  5. Crowe v. Merchants Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1926

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