Watson v. Sovereign Camp. W. O. W.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Greenwood, September, 1919. Action by Mrs. Mackie Watson against Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World on a policy of insurance. From a directed verdict for plaintiff for the amount which defendant claimed to be due, the plaintiff appeals.
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Before Memminger, J., Greenwood, September, 1919. Action by Mrs. Mackie Watson against Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World on a policy of insurance. From a directed verdict for plaintiff for the amount which defendant claimed to be due, the plaintiff appeals. The defendant’s motion for the direction of a verdict was upon the following grounds: 1. That under the contract, the liability of the defendant Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, is only 'for such proportion on the face of the certificate or the amount thereof, as the period he lived since becoming a ' member of the order bears to…
1DissentJustice Cothran
(dissenting) : Action upon a beneficiary certificate issued by the defendant to Samuel C. Watson, September 24, 1917, payable upon‘certain conditions to his wife, .the plaintiff, Mrs. Mackie Watson. The insured died in France while in the service of the United States army on October 13; 1918, having been drafted June 24, 1918, subsequently to the issuing of the certificate. The amount of the benefit was $500 in the event of death during the first year of membership, $750 if within the second year, and $1,000 if after the second year. The insured having died within the second year, the…
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