Modern Woodmen of America v. Owens
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell County. Tried below before Hon. John D. Eobinson.
1Opinion of the Court
JEEKIES, Associate Justice.
The appellee brought this suit to recover of appellant two thousand dollars, alleged to be due her on a benefit certificate in her favor upon the life of her deceased husband, Walter D. Owens. The appellant is a fraternal insurance association, chartered under the laws of Illinois, and legally doing business in Texas, and was such on the 25th day of September, 1907. On said date a legally authorized representative of appellant organized a camp or lodge of the order at Killeen, in Bell County, of which camp "the said Walter D. Owens became a charter member, was duly…
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