Haycock v. Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World

This action is by the beneficiary named in a death benefit certificate issued by a Nebraska corporation called “Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World.”' The defendant is organized on the plan of having one principal or head lodge or camp with numerous local or subordinate camps, to each of which it issues what is called a charter. In the certificate and in the by-laws each' member is called a sovereign and he is also entitled, in case he has complied with all the conditions of the beneficiary certificate and by-laws, to a death benefit ranging from $1,000 to $3,000. The certificate in…