Supreme Court of Iowa April 12, 1902 (Reininghaus v. Merchants' Life Ass'n)

Weaver, J.- —

1 The certificate of membership was issued to Mrs. Beininghaus February 7, 1899, and she died on the twenty-second day of May, thereafter. Proper proofs of death were made, and the defendant made and collected an assessment upon its members for the payment of the loss thus occurring, but subsequently refused to make payment, alleging that the insurance was procured by fraud; and