Cooper v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SIMMS, J.

This appeal involves the question of whether or not the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal benefit association, is legally liable upon a certificate of insurance issued to one of its members.

There is little dispute about the facts of the case. The contract allowed the deceased, as the insured, the whole of the month of January, 1927, to make payment of the installment payment for that month which was due on the first day of that month, and provided that in event the payment was not made, the policy should be void. He was taken sick on January…