Mulroy v. Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Honor
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal irom the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. With the introduction of the benefit certificate issued and delivered to James Mulroy by defendant, proof of the signatures and official character of the signers thereto, proof of Mulroy’s death, and proof that plaintiff is his-widow, and the beneficiary named in the benefit certificate, plaintiff made out a prima-facie case. Supreme-Lodge v. Johnson, 78 Ind. 110; Lazenslty v. Knights of Honor, 31 Fed.
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Appeal irom the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. With the introduction of the benefit certificate issued and delivered to James Mulroy by defendant, proof of the signatures and official character of the signers thereto, proof of Mulroy’s death, and proof that plaintiff is his-widow, and the beneficiary named in the benefit certificate, plaintiff made out a prima-facie case. Supreme-Lodge v. Johnson, 78 Ind. 110; Lazenslty v. Knights of Honor, 31 Fed. Rep. 592, 594. Forfeitures are not favored in law, and the courts look with extreme reluctance on any proceedings towards…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.-
This action is brought to recover the sum of two thousand dollars, alleged to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff by reason of a benefit certificate issued by the defendant to James Mulroy, the late husband of the plaintiff, in which the plaintiff was named as the beneficiary. The answer is a general denial. At the trial the plaintiff put in evidence the benefit certificate. The official character of the signers thereof and their signatures were admitted by the defendant. The defendant also admitted the death of James O. Mulroy and that…
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