FRATERNAL MYSTIC CIRCLE v. SNYDER

No. 34.

227 U.S. 497 (1913)

SUPREME RULING OF THE FRATERNAL MYSTIC CIRCLE v. SNYDER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F. Zimmerman for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.B. Sizer and Mr. Robert Pritchard for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1887, the plaintiff in error issued a certificate or policy of insurance for three thousand dollars upon the life of Charles C. Snyder. His wife, the defendant in error, was the beneficiary. He died in 1908, and liability upon the policy having been denied by the company this suit was brought by Mrs. Snyder in the Chancery Court of Tennessee to compel payment. The...

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