Dickinson v. Ancient Order of United Workmen

Citations

• 159 Pa. 258
• 28 A. 293
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1505

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial associations — Assessments—Time—Contract—Forfeiture.</p> <p>Where the certificate o£ a beneficial association provides that a failure to pay any assessment within a certain specified time shall render the certificate null and void, time is of the essence of the contract, and a failure to pay within the designated time will render the certificate void.</p> <p>Application — Contract—Insurance—Act of May 11,1881' — Evidence.</p> <p>A certificate of membership of a beneficial association is not a contract of insurance within the meaning of the act of May 11, 1881, P. L. 20, which requires the application for insurance to be attached to the policy before it can be received in evidence.</p> <p>Evidence — Custom, to reinstate defaulted members.</p> <p>Evidence that it was customary to reinstate defaulting members of a beneficial association upon payment of their arrears is inadmissible.</p>