Independant Order of Sons & Daughters of Jacob of America v. Enoch

Citations

• 108 Miss. 302
• 66 So. 744

Syllabus

<p>Insurance. Fraternal insurance. Forfeiture. Nonpayment of dues.</p> <p>■Where under the Constitution and by-laws of a fraternal order, a member forfeited his membership by the failure to pay his dues, and the order was authorized to provide a sick benefit, upon á vote of the lodge, and apply a portion to the payment of the dues, a member, who had paid no assessments, for five months before her death, and who had been allowed only one sick benefit, her other application having been refused. In such case the member forfeited her membership, as under the Constitution and bylaws she was entitled to no sick benefits, until after an affirmative vote of the lodge.</p>