Home Guardian of America v. Holt

This was a suit by Retta H. Holt, widow of Rufus II. Holt, deceased, against Supreme Home, Home Guardian of America, a fraternal society, upon a certificate issued by it to Rufus H. Holt, a member thereof, entitling his widow to receive from the beneficiary fund of the order the proceeds of one assessment, not exceeding $1,000, at his death. The case was tried without a jury upon an appropriate declaration, a plea of the general issue and a stipulation that defendant might introduce thereunder proof competent under any proper special plea. The record shows that plaintiff obtained a judgment…