Beatty v. Supreme Commandery U. O.

Citations

• 154 Pa. 484
• 25 A. 644
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 923

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial associations — Insurance—Ownership of policy — Act of 1881.</p> <p>The constitution and laws of a beneficial association authorized its members to change the beneficiary named in the benefit certificates. A member of the association named his mother in the certificate, but subsequently, on his marriage, changed the beneficiary to his wife, delivering the certificate into her control. Before his death he obtained the certificate without his wife’s knowledge or consent, surrendered it and took out a new one, with his mother named therein as beneficiary. Held, that the wife was not entitled to recover from the association the amount of the benefit; and that the act of May 11, 1881, excluding the constitution and by-laws of life and fire insurance companies as evidence unless attached to the policy, does not apply.</p>