Dobson v. Triple Tie Benefit Ass'n

Citations

• 88 Kan. 705
• 129 P. 1173
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 405

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Benefit Association — Nonpayment of Dues — Forfeiture — No Waiver. Ordinarily if a benefit association receives and retains dues and assessments paid by a member after he is in default and subject to suspension and forfeiture, and leads him to believe that he is still a member in good standing, it is estopped to insist on a forfeiture of membership, but on the testimony in the present case it is held that there was a forfeiture of benefits by reason of the nonpayment of dues by the member and that there was no waiver of such forfeiture.</p>