Knights & Ladies of Security v. Considine

This is an action to recover on a fraternal beneficiary-certificate issued by the plaintiff in error, on the life of John J. Considine, a young man of twenty years of age.

The complaint alleges that the beneficiary certificate issued March 26, 1914, to John J. Considine, payable at his death to his father and mother, the defendants in error herein, in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) ; that John J. Considine, the insured, died on May 22, 1914, while in good standing, and that all the terms of the contract were complied with.

The defendant society, in its answer, sets up a plea of…