Renfroe v. Hamilton

Grice, Justice.

This suit by the brother and sisters of J. G. Hamilton on his certificate of insurance in the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal benefit society, was brought against said society and Mrs. Pennington. The plaintiffs alleged, that at the time of his death Hamilton had said certificate; that the certificate named Hamilton’s former wife as the beneficiary; that she died several years before he died; that a very few days before his death he married Mrs. Pennington, one of the defendants; that Hamilton was stricken with paralysis about two weeks before his death; and that when he…