Thurmond v. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of World

Hines,-J.

Bonnie R. Thurmond applied to the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World and to a local camp thereof for a benefit certificate of insurance upon his life, for the sum of $1,000, payable to his mother as beneficiary. He was initiated in the local camp as a member of this order. He paid to the local clerk $1 for his certificate fee. This local camp was located at Colbert, Georgia. His application was forwarded by the clerk of the local camp to the home office of the order at Omaha, Nebraska, for acceptance, and, if accepted, for the issuance by that office of the benefit…