Security Benefit Assn. v. Small

Nancy Small brought this action against the Security Benefit Association, a fraternal benefit society, to recover the sum called for by a beneficiary certificate issued by that organization to her son, Charles S. Pierce. A verdict for the full amount sought, $2,000, was returned by the jury and from a judgment entered thereon and the order denying its motion for a new trial the association appeals., The beneficiary certificate, which is in effect an insurance policy, was applied for on April 23d, 1924, and delivered on May 14th in Long Beach, California, where Pierce lived. It named Sadie…