Dill v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.

Mr. Associate Justice Fisi-iburne

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court:

On December 15, 1924, the appellant, a fraternal benefit insurance society, incorporated under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and which by change of name is now known as Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, issued to John J. Dill its benefit certificate, by the terms of which it promised to pay to the insured’s mother, Lula Dill, as beneficiary, upon the death of the insured, the sum of $1,000.00, The beneficiary died intestate on or about November 22, 1940, and the plaintiffs, as administrators of her…