Sipe v. Sipe

*743The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

In 1902, Seth C. Sipe became a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, receiving a beneficiary certificate for $1,000, payable at his death to his wife, Clara S. Sipe. In November, 1915, he caused a new certificate to be issued to him in lieu of this, his father, John B. Sipe, being named as beneficiary. He died in April, 1916. His wife brought an action against the association, making her father-in-law a party, claiming the proceeds of the certificate on the ground that she had acquired by contract such a vested right under the original…