DeVore-Norton v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen

This action was begun in the district court of Payne county on the 20th day of August, 1926, by the plaintiff in error, Maude DeVore-Norton, hereinafter called plaintiff, against the defendant in error, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, a fraternal beneficiary society, hereinafter called defendant.

The action sought to collect $1,500 alleged to be due on a beneficiary certificate issued by the defendant on the 22nd day of September, 1913, to Herbert J. DeVore, and payable upon his death to the plaintiff. In her petition, among other things, she-alleged that on or about the 10th…