Feiber v. Supreme Council A. L. H.

Citations

• 112 La. 960
• 36 So. 818
• 1904 La. LEXIS 498

Syllabus

<p>BENEFIT ASSOCIATION — DEFAULT IN ASSESSMENT — FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS.</p> <p>1. Feiber, a member of Chalmette Council of the American Leg-ion of Honor, failed to pay the regular monthly assessment fixed by the fifty-fourth and fifty-sixth by-laws of the association, which fell due, without notice, on the 31st of October, 1901. On the 26th of November he died, his assessment being still unpaid. Nonpayment of the assessment of itself operated, under the by-laws of the association, an immediate suspension from the order, and a deprivation of all the benefits from his policy, should a member die while under suspension. The by-laws referred to were self-enforcing and binding. The provisions of-the by-laws relative to notices of calls for assessments have no reference to notice to individual members of calls for regular monthly assessments. Maginnis v. Aid Association, 10 South. 180, 43 La. Ann. 1138.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>