Hodge v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice R. O. Purdy.

Alme O. Hodge died in Sumter on June 28, 1924. He was a brother of the respondent, Lucius L. Hodge, and of the'appellants. The deceased had taken out a policy of insurance for the benefit of the respondent. It is alleged by the appellants, and denied by the respondent, that subsequently the insured filed his application for a new policy, naming the appellants, together with the respondent, as his beneficiaries.

When Alme O. Hodge died, the defendant, Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the A¥orld, refused to- pay the…