St. Louis Police Relief Ass'n v. Strode
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. Warwick Hough, Judge. Broughton v. Summer, 80 Mo. App. 386; Supreme Conclave Royal Adelphia v. Capella, 41 Fed. Rep. 1; Isgrigg v. Schooley, 125 Ind. 96; Grand Lodge v. Reneau, 75 Mo. App. 402; Scott v. Provident M. R. Assn., 63 N. H. 556; Bacon on Life Insurance, vol. 1, sec. 308; Hofman v. Grand Lodge, 73 Mo. App. 56; Andras v. Ins.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. Warwick Hough, Judge. Broughton v. Summer, 80 Mo. App. 386; Supreme Conclave Royal Adelphia v. Capella, 41 Fed. Rep. 1; Isgrigg v. Schooley, 125 Ind. 96; Grand Lodge v. Reneau, 75 Mo. App. 402; Scott v. Provident M. R. Assn., 63 N. H. 556; Bacon on Life Insurance, vol. 1, sec. 308; Hofman v. Grand Lodge, 73 Mo. App. 56; Andras v. Ins. Assn., 168 Mo. 151. (1) It is a part of the member’s contract with the association that his designation of a person other than his “heirs-at-law in accordance with the law of descent and distribution” shall be made…
1Opinion of the CourtReyburn, J.
(after stating the facts as above).— The agreed statement and testimony offered established that Michael Tierney died on the nineteenth of May, 1901, bequeathing to his wife, Margaret, in effect all his estate, except $20 devised to his parents; subsequently, November 8th, his widow died, devising her estate to her brother and sister. When Tierney first became a member of the relief association, he constituted his wife, the beneficiary, to whom the benefits should be paid upon his decease, by writing her name in the record book entitled, “Death Benefit Record,” under the column…
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