Grand Lodge of Order of Sons of Hermann v. Prater

This suit was brought by appel-lee Emma Prater, joined pro forma by her husband, O. F. Prater, against the appellant, Grand Lodge of the Order of the Sons of Hermann in the State of Texas, hereinafter, for convenience, referred to as the lodge, or appellant, upon a certain death certificate issued by the lodge upon the life of one Albert Kohl, in which appellee Emma Prater was named as beneficiary, and as the adopted daughter of said Kohl.

The plaintiffs alleged that at the time of the death of Kohl, and for many years prior thereto, Emma Prater was the adopted daughter of Kohl and was…