Johnson v. Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen

'The opinion of the court was delivered by

Voorhees, J.

The judgment in this case, recovered by the plaintiff, by direction of the court, upon a benefit certificate in which she is named as the beneficiary, issued by the defendant, is sought to be reviewed by this writ of error.

In the year 1888, Austin P. Johnson joined the defendant order and received a certificate of membership whereby he became “entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership * * * and to participate in the beneficiary fund * * * *512to the amount of $2,000, which sum shall, at his death, be paid to Mary E. Johnson, his…