Modern Woodman of America v. Hester
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Douglas district court; C. A. Smart, judge. STATEMENT. On August 30, 1898, the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal beneficiary society, incorporated under the laws of the state of Illinois and doing business in the states of Kansas and Missouri, issued to J. A. Keneaster a beneficiary certificate payable at his death to his children, Bessie, Fannie, and Harriet, all under the age of fourteen years.
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Error from Douglas district court; C. A. Smart, judge. STATEMENT. On August 30, 1898, the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal beneficiary society, incorporated under the laws of the state of Illinois and doing business in the states of Kansas and Missouri, issued to J. A. Keneaster a beneficiary certificate payable at his death to his children, Bessie, Fannie, and Harriet, all under the age of fourteen years. Keneaster was an express messenger, running regularly from Kansas City, Mo., to Arkansas City, Kan. Eda May Keneaster was his wife and the mother of his children, and all members of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Burch, J. :
Before their separation the husband and wife were domiciled in Missouri. Under the evidence, it is doubtful if the husband ever changed his domicile to Kansas. If he did so, her domicile changed with his, unless he deserted her under such exceptional circumstances as to authorize her to establish a domicile of her own. In that event her domicile continued to be in Missouri. (Town of Watertown v. Graves, 50 C. C. A. 172, 112 Fed. 183, 56 L. R. A. 865, and cases cited .in the opinion.) , If, however,, the domicile of the wife became that of…
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