Vilda v. Head Camp Pacific Jurisdiction Woodmen of the World
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Hall, J., entered August 2, 1920, upon findings in favor of the intervener, upon the pleadings, in an action upon a benefit certificate of life insurance.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, Grace V. Vilda, commenced this action in the superior court for King county, seeking recovery from the defendant Woodmen of the World, a fraternal insurance order, upon a benefit certificate issued by that order to Kobert J. McCue. Mary E. Weddel intervened in the case, and the controversy thereby became, in effect, one between her and the plaintiff, as to which of them became the real beneficiary under the certificate, upon the death of McCue, though the Order answered, pleading facts supporting the claim of Mary E. Weddel. The case was submitted to the trial court for final…
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