Titsworth v. Titsworth
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon District court. ACTION brought by E. Nellie Titsworth, to recover $2,000, the amount of a benefit certificate issued by the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Kansas on the life of Wilbur H. Titsworth, deceased. The material facts are stated in the opinion. Trial at the February term, 1887, and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant brings the case to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SimpsoN, C.:
This is a controversy between the divorced wife and the mother of Wilbur H. Titsworth, deceased, as to which one is the beneficiary of a benefit certificate issued by the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Kansas, for the sum of $2,000, on the order of said Wilbur H. Titsworth. The mother brought suit in the district court of Lyon county against the grand lodge of the order, to recover the amount named in the benefit certificate. The grand lodge, through its proper officers, came into court, admitted the death of Titsworth while a member of the order in good standing,…
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