Simmons v. Western Travelers Accident Ass'n

Oldham, O.

This was an action instituted by the plaintiff as widow and beneficiary named in a membership certificate issued by the defendant to one Harry A. Simmons, to recover the sum of $5,000, the amount provided for in the certificate on the death of a member resulting from external, violent and accidental means. The petition alleged in substance, that Harry A. Simmons, deceased, was a member in good standing of the defendant order, and had paid all assessments and dues arising under the constitution and by-laws of the order, and that on the 24th day of June, 1903, he was bitten by a…