Scott v. Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, District Grand Lodge No. 21

OTT, Judge.

The defendant Order issued a policy on the life of Isaiah S.cott for $500 in which the plaintiff was named as the beneficiary. The insured died in August, 1935, and as the Order was unable to pay all of the claims against it, a plan was worked out with the approval of the Insurance Department of the State whereby partial payments were to be made on matured death claims and the balance was to be loaned to the Order by the respective claimants until such time as these claims could be paid in full with interest on the balance due.

The plaintiff in this suit signed one of these loan…