Norman v. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World

Espy Norman brought an action against Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World, alleging that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $1000 with interest from March 18, 1933, and the penalty provided by law for failure in bad faith to pay when due; that the plaintiff was the beneficiary under a life-insurance policy issued on the life of his father who was a member of Camp No. 2 in South Carolina, that the policy, which was issued on June 17, 1929, provided that the defendant, a fraternal beneficiary association, “upon receipt of satisfactory proof of death of the said member…