Johnson v. Bureau of Endowment of District Grand Lodge No 21

His Honor, EMILE GODCHAUX,

rendered the opinion and decree of the Court, as follows:

Mary Lewis, the plaintiff, claims as the designated beneficiary under an endowment policy issued by the defendant upon' the life of her son, and the defense is that the policy is in favor of the wife of the insured to whom the benefits that accrued upon the death of the son have been paid.

As the case involves a question of law relative to the alteration of instruments, a proper understanding re*189quires the following reproduction of that portion of the policy wherein the beneficiary is designated:

“The benefits…