Potter Title & Trust Co. v. Carlson

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

When John Beres died on April 26, 1943, he was a member in good standing of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, a beneficial society. For more than twenty years he had held a benefit certificate for $1,000 issued by the federation, payable at his death. In it, his daughter Elizabeth Beres, living in Hungary, was the named beneficiary. On his death, two adverse claims were made on the federation for payment of the face of the certificate; one by a Swedish consul on behalf of the named beneficiary, and the other on behalf of Andrew Vereb and Mary Vereb, his wife,…