Wherry v. Latimer
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Holmes county. Hon. J. P. McCool, Chancellor. Suit by Mrs. Norma W. Latimer and others. Prom a decree for complainants, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Amis, Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from the chancery court of Holmes county. The appellants were defendants in the court below, and the appellees were complainants there. The admitted facts giving rise to the controversy are these:
In the year 1896 Mr. Samuel Wherry, a citizen of Holmes county, being a member of the Woodmen of the World, and also of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, both mutual benefit insurance orders, applied for and obtained the issuance to him of a beneficiary certificate by each of said orders, payable, in the event of his death while…
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