Supreme Forest of the Woodmen Circle v. Stretton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J. :

The defendant below was a fraternal beneficiary society. During the lifetime of Mary Stretton, and while she was a member in good standing of one of the defendant's subordinate branches or lodges, it issued to her a beneficiary certificate payable at her death to the plaintiff, her husband. After her decease the plaintiff brought an action for the enforcement of the certificate. The petition alleged in general terms, together with other appropriate facts, that'all conditions and requirements of the certificate *405and of the by-laws of the…