Saunders v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Ass'n

Defendant is a mutual benefit accident association incorporated under the laws of Iowa. It has at no time sought permission to do business in any other state. Of its membership of about 70,000 approximately ten per cent reside in Iowa, three to four per cent in Missouri, the remainder in other states. Defendant issued a certificate of membership to Harry Saunders. He died February 1, 1931, allegedly as the result of an automobile accident. His wife, Amy Saunders, plaintiff in this action, was the beneficiary of the certificate. She brought suit thereon against defendant in the circuit court…