The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-01-02
OF INTEREST TO
INSURANCE SOCIETIES
CASE OF MRS. THOs. CORBETT v. S.
X. o. T. M. N. IS IMPORTANT.
WOODMEN RE- RATING EXPLAINED
Assessments Under Old Law Will Aggre-
gate No More Than Under Old Ones

Attorney M. H. Moriarty leaves to-
night for Port Huron to appear before
the executive board of the Knights Of
the Modern Maccabees in behalf of the
claim OF Mrs. Thomas Corbett for the
death benefit Of her son, Jas. Corbett,
whose untimely death sometime ago is
fresh in the minds of all Jim
as her son was familiarly known,
Joined the local tent year before his
death taking out death benefit Of
81. 600 running in favor Of his mother.
The laws Of the order are that when
member OF the order engage in the
sale Of liquors he snspends himself
from the order and forreits all rights
to benefits. The finance keeper, who
is the fiscal agent for the order in each
tent, is supposed to drop such a
members name from the roll
The Corbett building, which was
erected for saloon long ago, has been
run by different individuals, the
license always being taken out in the
name Of the bartender. Jim didn't
like the saloon busienss and had as
little to do with it as he possibly could.
He had large timber interests and
spent most of his time logging and
shipping cedar and other forests pro-
ducts and was doing well He pre-
ferred to let the bar tender run the
saloon part Of 1t but last spring the
township board Of Mansfield township
refused the bar tender license insisting
that some responsible party must take
out the license thus compelling Jim "
to take the license in his own name
This was long after he had joined the
Maccabees and, as he considered him
self not in the saloon business he said
nothing of The change but continued to
pay his dues and assessments. Mr.
Munns, the finance keeper. knew no
thing Of his having a liquor license
and continued him on the roll and nc
cepted several assessments from him
after ne had taken out tho license
As soon as he died the fact became
known and Mr.. Munns, in order to be
certain on the point, went to the
county treasurer Office and found out
whatssthe true state OF facts were. The
proper blanks were filed ont ana the
whole thing just as it existed report
ed to the head officers it being ne
cessary to make complete report for,
had the officers of the local tent con-
cealed anything it would have left the
tent liable to suspension and ieapordize
the interest of the large number of
members and the families dependent
upon the insurance therein.
Mrs. Corbett was notified to appear
before the committee on the 9Th of
Janaury with an attorney to show
cause why the benefit should not be
denied her and she accordingly engaged
Mr.. Moriarty to represent her
The point which will be raised is
that the order accepted the mans
money right along and by SO doing
contracted to protect him TO tho extent
of his death benefit. The final decision
in this case will be important as il !
will establish the liability Of fraternal
oroers in such cases.
For the information Of inquiring
we submit herewith the
revised table Of rates adopted by the
Head Camp, convened at indianapolis,
Ind. in June. 1903, and which becomes
for all members Of the society
of January, 1, 1904;
The foregoing rates became effective
for all members admitted to the Society
on and after August 3, 1908.
All members of the Society whose
certificates are dated prior to August
10, 1908. will be re-rated under the
foregoing table on January 1, 1904.
except that beneficial members who