Dick v. Supreme Body of the International Congress
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mandell, J. Assumpsit by Emma C. Dick against the Supreme Body of the International Congress on a policy of insurance. There was judgment for plaintiff on a verdict directed by the court, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
Plaintiff’s husband, John A. Dick, •died July 10, 1901. At that time he was a member of *374defendant order, and, as such, his life was insured for the sum of $1,000. Plaintiff was his beneficiary, and she brought this suit to recover said insurance. She obtained, a verdict and judgment in the court below.
Defendant contends that a verdict should have been directed in its favor, because this controversy had been determined in its favor by the tribunals of its order, and that such determination was final. The question raised by this claim is the only one we are called upon to consider. The facts…
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