Lucas v. Brotherhood of American Yeomen

*701The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The action was upon a fraternal insurance certificate. Plaintiff • recovered, and the defendant appeals.

The defendant is a fraternal beneficiary association organized under the laws of Iowa, and authorized to do business in this state; it maintains a lodge system known as homesteads, among which is homestead No. 954, located at Kansas City, Kan. In January, 1917, it issued to Tony Joe Lucas a certificate which provided that in the event of his death within one year the association would pay to his mother, as beneficiary, the sum of $700. He…