Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Woodruff
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, second district, Bolivar county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Special Judge. Mrs. Woodruff, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World was defendant there. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $3,100, with interest, including the $100 monument fund, and the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion states the case.
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From the circuit court of, second district, Bolivar county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Special Judge. Mrs. Woodruff, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World was defendant there. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $3,100, with interest, including the $100 monument fund, and the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion states the case. The crucial point presented for decision is whether the appellant waived the right to contest the payment of the amount named in the certificate, and plead in defense of an action thereon the express…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
On the 16th day of June, 1898, J. 0. Woodruff, a member of the Woodmen of the World, received of the appellant fraternity a beneficial certificate in the sum of $3,000, payable at his death to his wife, and for the payment of $100 for placing a monument at his grave. The certificate does not specify to whom the $100 for the monument shall be paid, but sec. 69 of the constitution and laws of the sovereign camp provides that said $100 shall be paid to the contractor employed for the execution of said work. Sovereign Woodruff died January 10, 1900, in good standing in said order, with all fines,…
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