Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Israel
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit 'Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Don, Judge; statement by the court. Abner Israel sned the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World for $400, which he alleged was due him on a beneficiary certificate in that order. The facts are as follows: William B. Bruce died in Fort Smith on June 29, 1914, leaving surviving him two minor children and his wife. He was at 'the time a member in good standing in the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit 'Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Don, Judge; statement by the court. Abner Israel sned the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World for $400, which he alleged was due him on a beneficiary certificate in that order. The facts are as follows: William B. Bruce died in Fort Smith on June 29, 1914, leaving surviving him two minor children and his wife. He was at 'the time a member in good standing in the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World. The original beneficiary .certificate issued to. him was payable, $400 to Ms wife, and $300 each to Ms minor 'children. His wife…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(¡after stating the facts). In the case of Carruth v. Clawson, 97 Ark. 50, we said that in the absence ¡of provisions in a policy ‘concerning .the mode of changing the beneficiary, a change may be made by a member of a mutual benefit society in any -method which ■clearly expresses his intention to make the change and gives direction to the proper officer of the society to carry his intention into effect; and where1 the member ¡does all that he can toward effecting the ¡change, the substitution is complete, though there remain- acts to be done by the officers of the society in…
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