Sovereign Camp v. Cole
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. ITon. E. L. B'jrien, Judge. Action by Mrs. Alice Cole against the Sovereign Camp of the statute by the legislature in any manner affects and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. ITon. E. L. B'jrien, Judge. Action by Mrs. Alice Cole against the Sovereign Camp of the statute by the legislature in any manner affects and defendant appeals. Appellee on page 5 of its brief states that in the acts of the legislature of 1916, chapter 206, section 6, the legislature very materially broadened and extended the laws of beneficiary that might be designated in policies of the kind sned on, We are unable to see how the broadening of the statute by the legislature in any manner affects the construction of the by-laws of the appellant order…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of Mrs. Alice Cole against the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World for $1,070 and costs upon a beneficiary certificate of the appellant issued to Hal S. Cole, a member of the S. S. Prentiss Camp No. 41 located at Vicksburg, Miss., In defense it was pleaded that the constitution and by-laws of the defendant in force at the time the beneficiary certificate was issued, and continuously from said date till the death of the insured, contained the. folio wing .provision in respect to the designation of beneficiaries in such certifi*306cates, limiting…
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