Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World v. Putnam
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; W. H. Davidson, Judge. Action by Mrs. Pauline Putnam against the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
CHILTON, Special Judge.
In the year 1899 O. W. Putnam became a member of Curley Pine Camp, Woodmen of the World, at Beaumont, Tex., and on May 15th of that year, there was issued to him by the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, incorporated and having its principal office at Omaha,.state of Nebraska, a beneficiary certificate, by the terms of which the said Putnam, as a member of the fraternity, was entitled to participate in the beneficiary fund to the amount of $3,000, together with the additional sum of $100 for the placing of a monument at his grave, all of which was payable upon his…
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- Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. A. E. & F. W. FraleyTexas Supreme Court · 1900
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