Pringle v. Modern Woodmen of America

This is a suit on a 2,000-dollar beneficiary certificate issued June 30, 1900, by defendant, a fraternal beneficiary association, to Frank W. Pringle for the benefit of his mother, the plaintiff. The certificate provides that it shall become null and void in the event of assured’s conviction of a felony. When he was a member of the association he was convicted of horse-stealing, and he died in the penitentiary September 6, 1901. The case wás tried without a jury, and the trial court held that assured’s conviction forfeited his certificate and membership. For *549this reason, the action was…