District Grand Lodge No. 18 v. Cothran

The Court of Appeals requested instructions from the Supreme Court upon the following question: “ Where the wife of a member of a mutual benefit association, who is named as a volunteer beneficiary in the certificate issued by such association, dies without leaving child or children, and without debts, prior to the death of the member, is the administrator of the deceased member, or the administrator of the deceased beneficiary, the proper party to bring suit against the association?” The question as to whether the administrator of the deceased beneficiary, under the facts as stated by the…