Hinchliffe v. Minnesota Commercial Men's Ass'n
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $478 death benefit in defendant association. The pleadings and facts are given in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $478 death benefit in defendant association. The pleadings and facts are given in the opinion. The ease was tried before Molyneaux, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and at the close of the testimony defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and granted plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict for $436. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
This is an action to recover death benefits. The pleadings were very informal. The complaint alleged that defendant is a mutual insurance association, that plaintiff’s husband was a member of the association in good standing, and that he died of disease November 4,1916. It then alleged that several years before his death defendant agreed with deceased that in ease of his death it would pay to plaintiff the sum of $400. No beneficiary certificate was pleaded. No consideration for the promise was alleged.
Defendant answered, alleging that all funds of the defendant are raised by the proper…
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- Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co. v. DokkoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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