Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle v. Bowen

The parties in error will be referred to herein as plaintiff and defendant, as they appeared at the trial.

The plaintiff was beneficiary in a certificate of life insurance issued by the defendant association upon the life of one of its alleged members. The insured allegedly died as a result of an illness specifically excluded from the operation of the certificate by the terms of the written application therefor signed by the insured member. The application further provided that it should be considered as a portion of the insurance contract; and the insured waived the attaching thereof to the…