Hindorff v. Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Hon K. E. Willcjockson, Judge. Action on a certificate of membership of Archibald Carson, the father of plaintiff’s ward, in the defendant association, providing that on the death of such member the benefits named in such certificate should be payable to said ward.
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Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Hon K. E. Willcjockson, Judge. Action on a certificate of membership of Archibald Carson, the father of plaintiff’s ward, in the defendant association, providing that on the death of such member the benefits named in such certificate should be payable to said ward. There was a demurrer to the petition which the court overruled, and defendant electing to stand on its demurrer, judgment was rendered for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
By its demurrer the defendant questioned the jurisdiction of the court of Jasper county to appoint plaintiff to be guardian of the estate of Elizabeth' Carson, and^ the right of said guardian to maintain an action 'on the certificate of which the ward was a beneficiary, the defendant association not being an incorporation having its principal place of business in this state, but doing business in the state and properly served with notice of the action by service on the State Auditor, the suffi*187ciency of which is not questioned, provided action on 'the certificate could be maintained in this…
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- McIntire v. BaileySupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
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