Williams v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen

Alleging that he has become totally and permanently blind in both eyes, J. L. Williams, the plaintiff in error, brought this suit to recover the sum of $3,-000 on a beneficiary certificate which was issued to him by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the defendant in error. The latter is a fraternal beneficiary organization, and Williams was a locomotive engineer and a member of said order. The certificate was issued on January 1,1907, and in terms binds the defendant in error to pay to Williams the sum of $3,000 “in the event of his becoming afflicted , or* sustaining one…