Robins v. Modern Woodmen of America

In May, 1899, the defendant issued to J. A. Robins, a member of its local camp of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a benefit certificate for $2,000, in which his wife, the plaintiff herein, was named as the beneficiary. In February, 1902, Mr. Robins went to New Mexico for his health, leaving his wife and their young child in their home in Cedar Rapids, practically without means of support. Mrs. Robins left Cedar Rapids some time early in Tune, 1902, and went to Minneapolis, Minn., where she obtained employment. Mr. Robins returned to Cedar Rapids about the 1st of Tuly, 1902, found that his wife had left…