Judge v. Masonic Mut. Ben. Ass'n

Bertrand G. Judge, as the beneficiary under a certificate of insurance issued by the Mutual Benefit Association for Masons’ Wives, in which his wife was insured for his benefit upon her death, brought an action in the court of common pleas against the Masonic Mutual Benefit Association, of Toledo, Ohio, which he alleged had assumed the obligations of the association issuing the certificate, to recover the amount of the insurance.

The issues in the casq can be definitely and succinctly stated by adopting the statement of the trial judge in his charge to the jury, and that statement is as…