Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World v. Hardee

This is an action on a policy of life insurance issued to the husband of the appellee, Mary Hardee. On the pleadings and evidence adduced, the case was submitted to the trial court- sitting as a jury, and, from a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant has prosecuted this appeal.

The question for our decision involves the proper construction of a certificate of insurance in a fraternal benefit society. The evidence presented to the court below is not in dispute, and the facts may be thus stated: Jesse Hardee, the husband of the appellee, became a member of the appellant…