International Order of Twelve, Knights & Daughters of Tabor v. Brown

The writ was prosecuted from a judgment by default against plaintiff in error in favor of Tommy Brown, in his individual capacity .and as next friend of the minors, Tommy, Jr., Rosellee, Mary Ella, William, and Louella Brown, for $300, the sum claimed to be due them as the beneficiaries named in a benefit certificate issued by plaintiff in error to Hattie Brown, deceased.

It appears that the judgment was unauthorized, because service, as required by law, of a citation was not had on plaintiff in error before it was rendered. The service was on one Lottie Gatlin, chief recorder of one of…