Woodmen of the World v. Alford
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by Will Alford and others against the Woodmen of the World on beneficial insurance certificate. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Action by Will Alford and others against the Woodmen of the World on beneficial insurance certificate. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Count 6 is as follows: Plaintiffs claim of the defendant $3,000, with interest thereon, for that the defendant is a fraternal beneficiary association, issuing policies or certificates of insurance on the lives of Its memhers; that on, to wit, April 24, 1S95, the defendant issued a policy or certificate of insurance upon the life of L. H. Alford, who was at that time a member of…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit was by the beneficiaries named in a certificate of insurance of the AVoodmen of the World, a corporation, on the life of L. H. Alford.
[1-3] The sixth count of the complaint sufficiently stated a cause of action. It alleged a promise to pay the amount of the insurance to the beneficiaries named in the certificate, and that plaintiffs are such beneficiaries. This was a sufficient allegation of ownership. That the certificate issued on April 24, 1895, was in force at the time of the death of insured is shown by the averments that the policy or certificate was an agreement to pay to…
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