Mutual Protective League v. Walker

*347Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment in favor of the appellee, H. A. Walker, against the appellant League, for one thousand dollars recovered upon a benefit certificate issued upon the life of J. N. Walker and payable to the appellee as his wife.

The appellant is a benevolent or fraternal society, and the certificate here in question was issued in February, 1912. The insured, J. N. Walker, died March 25, 1913, and the appellant refused to pay the insurance specified in the certificate upon the ground that the insured was in default in the…