Legal Opinion

Higgins v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 10, 1932No. 6 Div. 64PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, .T.

The only question on this appeal is a proper construction of the certificate of insurance in a fraternal benefit society.

The insured had been a member of the order in go*od standing about thirteen years when the certificate of insurance was by agreement canceled and a new one issued. As preliminary to its issuance, he signed an application for it, which contained, a clause surrendering” all rights under , the old certificate, and containing the following statement: “The new certificate is to become effective on the first day of April, 1929, and to. bear the date of April 1, 1925,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. BarrettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  2. Rose v. Missouri State Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. HardeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
  2. De Almada v. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the WorldArizona Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. AlstonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Barthel v. Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the WorldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1936
  5. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. BattySupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

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