Giffin v. Grand Lodge, A. O. U. W.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Buffalo county: Bruno O. Hostetler, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, O.
Thomas Coppinger was a-member in good standing of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen, a fraternal insurance society, organized under the laws of this state. On the 25th day of June, 1901, the society through its subordinate lodge at Gibbon, Nebraska, issued to him a certificate for $1,000, wherein the plaintiff, then his wife, was named as beneficiary. On August 25, 1912, the plaintiff obtained an absolute divorce from said Thomas Coppinger, and on the 4th day of March, 1913, said Coppinger died. No change of beneficiary was made' in the benefit certificate after the…
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