Lukazewski v. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World

On December 9, 1921, one Boleslaus G-rusjczynski received a $1,000 death benefit certificate from the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World, a Nebraska corporation, upon joining its local camp at Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. Mary Lukaszewski, sister of the insured and plaintiff herein, was named as beneficiary. The certificate provided that the absence or disappearance of the member was not to be regarded as any evidence of death, nor entitle the beneficiary to recover on the certificate, in the absence of proof of the insured’s actual death, aside from and unassisted by any presumption…