Allen v. Knights & Ladies of Security

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to recover on a beneficiary certificate issued by the defendant to Harry Jenner, and made payable to his two sons, the minors represented by the plain*420tiff. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.

The certificate provided that it should be void if death of the certificate holder should occur as a consequence of his violating the law of any state. One of the conditions of the certificate was that no action in court might be maintained on the certificate until after proof of death and of the…