Burdick v. Modern Woodmen of America

Citations

• 47 Wash. 572
• 92 P. 439
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 812

Syllabus

<p>Insurance—Mutual Benefit Societies—Fraud—Avoidance of Certificate—Waiver. A mutual benefit society does not waive its right to avoid a benefit certificate for false representations of the deceased concerning former medical treatment and health from the fact that by mistake, and before proofs of loss were made, a clerk without authority sent notice that the claim was allowed and demanded and received an overdue assessment from the beneficiary, nor from the fact that there was a delay of several months in making an investigation of the claim, where the same was made in a reasonable time and all sums paid were tendered hack to the beneficiary and her rights were not-prejudiced in any manner.</p>