Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. Mankin

The Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal benefit society, qualified to do business in the State of Tennessee, has appealed in error from a judgment against it for $1405 and costs, rendered by the circuit court upon the verdict of a jury, upon a benefit certificate in said society held by the husband of Mrs. Jennie-Mankin, the beneficiary named therein. Her husband, John H. Mankin died on December 25, 1918 of septicaemia or blood poison resulting from a carbuncle. The amount of the judgment included $1000, the amount of benefit provided in the certificate, and interest…