Heralds of Liberty v. Fern

This is a suit for $1,000 brought by defendant in error, De Witt Fern, on September 1, 1925, against the plaintiff in error, Heralds of Liberty, a beneficiary society, on two beneficiary certificates issued by the plaintiff in error on the life of Edward B. Fern; the defendant in error being named as beneficiary in each of the certificates. The cause was tried by the court without a jury, and judgment was rendered for the defendant in error for amount called for by the certificates. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed this judgment. 289 S. W. 87.

The application upon which said beneficiary…