Lear v. Woodmen of the World Life Ins. Soc.

LE BLANC, Judge.

This is a suit instituted by the beneficiary under a certificate of insurance issued on February 1, 1930, by the Sovereign Camp of the W. O. W. now known under the name of Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society. It is a foreign corporation domiciled and having its main office at Omaha, Nebraska. The assured under the certificate was Glavin Allen Lear, son of the plaintiff, Mrs. Hattie A. Lear. The death benefit is in the sum of $1,000, which amount the defendant refused to pay on the ground that at the time of the death of the assured member the certificate had lapsed.

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