Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. Allen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; J. C. R. Gwin, Judge. Action by Virgie Allen against the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World upon a beneficiary life certificate payable to her and issued to Eugene Allen. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Brief was misplaced and did not reach the Reporter.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; J. C. R. Gwin, Judge. Action by Virgie Allen against the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World upon a beneficiary life certificate payable to her and issued to Eugene Allen. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Brief was misplaced and did not reach the Reporter. There was a waiver of any forfeiture. 201 Ala. 687, 79 South. 259; 128 Ala. 242, 29 South. 646; 157 Ala. 553, 47 South. 735. Regardless of the rulings on the pleadings, all matters sought to be set up that were meritorious were submitted to the jury, and hence no injury…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Appellant is a fraternal beneficiary society, and issues to its members benefit certificates of insurance. The husband of appellee became a 'member of Chester Camp, No. 327, at Arcadia, La., taking out a benefit certificate payable to her, upon which she brings this suit.
There were numerous special pleas, replications, and rejoinders, and many assignments of error are predicated on the rulings of the court upon the demurrer thereto. But upon our view of the case it is brought within a very narrow compass, and the questions of pleading need no separate consideration.
It is without dispute that…
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