Wood v. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar Rapids Superior Court. — HoN. C. B. RobbiNS, Judge. Action at law on a certificate of membership in the defendant company. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPREston, J.
The petition set out the certificate which .was issued to the deceased, Samuel Wood, the fact that deceased came to his death about August 12, 1911, and that the defendant had waived proofs.
The answer admitted all the allegations of the petition, and that plaintiff would be entitled to recover but for the fact that deceased committed suicide, contrary to the terms of the application, certificate, and constitution and by-laws of. the order, which provided, in substance, that in the event of death of the deceased by his own hand or act, whether sane or insane, the certificate should be void.
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