Carver v. Kansas Fraternal Citizens

*825The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff commenced this action to recover from the defendant $1,000, one-half of the amount named in a beneficiary certificate issued by the defendant to Daniel Gorman Carver, the plaintiff’s husband. The other $1,000 had been paid under a compromise and settlement which, the plaintiff alleged, had been brought about by the ■ fraudulent representations of the defendant. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff.

1.- The defendant says:

“The principal question in this case, if not the only one, is whether or not there was a valid…