Legal Opinion
Montgomery v. Travelers Protective Ass'n of America
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 1968No. 8781PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TITUS, Judge.
The Travelers Protective Association of America, a fraternal benefit society and the defendant below, appeals from a $1,000 judgment entered on a nine-man jury verdict returned in the Circuit Court of La-clede County in favor of plaintiff Hershel Montgomery, a Class A member of the association. Plaintiff sued for disability benefits resulting from a herniated lumbar disc received in a January 17, 1966, accident, together with interest, damages for vexatious refusal to pay and attorney’s fee. Provisions of the society’s Constitution governing the benefits payable by the society…
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