Supreme Assembly of United Artisans v. Johnson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clarke county, Back, J., entered December 13, 1918, upon findings in favor of a certain claimant to a fund in court, in an action in interpleader.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
On February 5, 1896, John W. Johnson made a written application for membership in the United Artisans, a fraternal benefit society, in which he directed that, at his death, the benefits should “be paid to Mary C. Johnson, and in case of her death, to Anna M. and Hilda C. Johnson, related to him as wife and children. ’ ’ On February 10th following, the society issued to Johnson a benefit certificate in which Mary C. Johnson, the wife, was alone named as beneficiary, and in which there was no provision for the disposition of the fund in the event that the beneficiary named should die before her…
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