Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Newsom
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Cliicot Circuit Court; Turner Butler, Judge; 1. Tlie constitution and laws of tbe order formed part of tlie contract and must have been complied with before there was any liability. 1 Bacon on Ben. Soc., § 81; 80 Ark. 419; 104 Id. 538; 81 Id. 514; 136 Id. 355. When the assured became a member he assented to all its by-laws and is conclusively presumed to have made himself familiar with them. 104 Ark. 538-544; 1 Bacon on Ben.
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Appeal from Cliicot Circuit Court; Turner Butler, Judge; 1. Tlie constitution and laws of tbe order formed part of tlie contract and must have been complied with before there was any liability. 1 Bacon on Ben. Soc., § 81; 80 Ark. 419; 104 Id. 538; 81 Id. 514; 136 Id. 355. When the assured became a member he assented to all its by-laws and is conclusively presumed to have made himself familiar with them. 104 Ark. 538-544; 1 Bacon on Ben. Soe., § 1199; 19 R. C. L., § 17, pp. 1198-9. He must take notice of the laws of the order. Ib. supra; 209 S. W. 379-380. A custom of the clerk of the local…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Tbis action was instituted in Chicot Circuit Court by tbe appellee against the appellant to recover on a certificate of insurance issued by tbe appellant to tbe husband of tbe appellee, in which certificate tbe appellee was tbe beneficiary.
The appellant is a mutual benefit secret fraternal association. Tbe appellee alleged in substance that tbe appellant was authorized to do a life insurance business among its members in tbe State of Arkansas; that in July, 1908, her husband, Asa J. Newsom, became a member of tbe appellant, and that it issued to him a certificate insuring bis life in tbe sum…
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