Walker v. Knights of Maccabees

Plaintiff’s action is based on a benefit certificate of life insurance issued to George F. Miller, Ms wife Fannie Miller being the beneficiary. After Miller’s death his widow died and the plaintiff brings the action as administrator of her estate. The judgment in the trial court was for the plaintiff.

At the trial it was shown that in the month of August, 1902, Miller left Ms home in Missouri stating that he intended going to Abilene, Kansas, for a few days and that while on Ms way, at Kansas City, he wrote to his wife and daughter jointly, that he had arranged to proceed on his journey the…