Case Name: Catherine Bartley v. The National Business Men's Association
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-03-25
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 228
Docket Number: No. 18094
Parties: Catherine Bartley v. The National Business Men’s Association.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 228–228

Head Matter:
No. 243
No. 18094
Catherine Bartley v. The National Business Men’s Association.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county.
647. INSURANCE — Accident—Denial by association of liability on policy may amount to waiver of proof of claim — Limitation of period for maintaining action.
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Opinion:
DAY, J.
Where a certificate of membership in an accident association provides that "proof of claim shall be furnished within ninety days from the date of death, etc." and also provides that "no action shall be maintained on this certificate after the expiration of two years from the date when the final proof of claim is filed with the association," an absolute denial of liability by the association under any of the terms of the certificate made to the beneficiary within the ninety day period amounts to a waiver of filing proof of claim, and a.right of action accrues upon the date of such waiver; such action cannot however be maintained after the expiration of the period of limitation provided in the certificate or policy, which in the instant case would be at most within two years and ninety days from the date of accident or death. (Appel, Admr., v. Cooper Insurance Co., 76 Ohio St., 52, followed and approved.)
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.