Miller v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World

Citations

• 108 Wash. 689
• 185 P. 593
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 913

Syllabus

<p>Insurance (196)—Mutual Benefit Association — By-Laws — Presumptions. The by-laws of a mutual benefit association are binding on all its members, who are conclusively presumed to know them, although adopted subsequent to the contract.</p> <p>Same (196). A member of a mutual benefit association who fails to report and pay extra premiums for a more hazardous employment engaged in, thereby changes the amount of his life benefit, where the by-law provides for an increased rate and that, unless the change is reported and extra rate paid, the benefit paid for accidental death shall be $300 on the basis of a $1,000 certificate.</p>