Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. Dennis
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pike County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Action by Mrs. L. A. Dennis against the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Pike County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Action by Mrs. L. A. Dennis against the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The court was in error in not permitting defendant to file plea 3. Section 5369, Code 1907 ; 38 Ala. 44; 56 Ala. 27; 58 Ala. 365; 60 Ala. 425; 106 Ala. 303, 17 South. 395. The court was in error in refusing the defendant the affirmative charge. 75 South. 463; 103 Iowa, 395, 72 N. W. 559; 142 Fed. 678, 73 C. C. A. 668; 11 App. D. C. 417; (Tenn. Ch.) 57 S. W. 414. It was within the discretion of the trial court…
1Opinion of the Court
The complaint was in two counts as follows:
"(1) Plaintiff claims of the defendant $500, together with the interest thereon, due her under and by the provisions of that certain beneficiary certificate issued to L.B. Dennis, No. 83496, Alabama, by defendant on the 21st day of November, 1917, wherein it is provided that in case of the death of the said L.B. Dennis, while in good standing, should his death occur during the first year of his membership, defendant would pay to plaintiff, bearing relationship to the said L.B. Dennis of wife, said sum of $600. And plaintiff avers that the said L.B.…
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