Finch v. Modern Woodmen of America
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Marquette; Stone, J. Assumpsit by Jane Finch against the Modem Woodmen of America upon a benefit certificate. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The plaintiff is the beneficiary named in a certificate of insurance issued by the defendant, a mutual benefit association, upon the life of Loren C. Finch, her husband. The defendant interposed as a defense that the answers made in the application for insurance were untrue, and that, according to the terms of the contract, the certificate was void. The trial judge directed a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
Mr. Finch was a resident of Negaunee. He was solicited by Mr. Byrns, a deputy head consul of defendant, who was authorized to solicit members and to establish camps, to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Schwarzbach v. Ohio Valley Protective UnionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
- Matt v. Roman Catholic Mutual Protective SocietySupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Baumgart v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
- Adreveno v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1889
3Cited by17 opinions
- F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934
- Ketcham v. American Mutual Accident Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Berdan v. Milwaukee Mutual Life-InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Krause v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Tobin v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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