Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Meek

This suit was instituted on February 25, 1931, by appellee against appellant to recover $1,000, penalties, and attorney’s fee for total disability under paragraph 12 of a beneficiary certificate No. B.-219, 309-D, issued to him by appellant, which paragraph, in so far as material to a determination of the issues involved in this case, is as follows:

‘ ‘ If such member, while younger than sixty years of age, and while the certificate is in full force and effect, has suffered bodily injury, through external, violent or accidental means, or by disease, and shall furnish satisfactory proof to the…