Coffman v. Security Benefit Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by Lyman J. Coffman against Eva M. Gadbery and the Security Benefit Association to recover one-half of the proceeds of a benefit certificate for $3,000 due upon a policy of insurance issued on the life of Irena B. Coffman *329by the association, she being the owner of the certificate at the time of her death on October 6, 1928, and in which Eva M. Gadbery, her sister, had been named as the beneficiary. In plaintiff’s petition he alleged the issuance of the certificate, date not given, otherwise shown to have been…