Bowman v. Moore

Joseph Bowman became on the thirteenth day of June, 1885, a member of the California Life and Accident Association, a corporation and mutual benefit association, and there was issued to him a certificate of membership therein numbered 893. This certificate purported to be an insurance on his life for five thousand dollars, payable after his death to the plaintiff, Jennie Bowman, his wife, “ unless," as provided in the certifícate, “ said member shall in writing filed with this association substitute some other beneficiary, in which case said amount shall be paid to said substituted…