Beland v. Cigarmakers' International Union of America

The material facts in this case are substantially identical with those in Smith v. International Union, 203 Mich. 249. The defendant here was defendant there and the provisions of its constitution here involved will be found in the opinion in that case together with its claim which is substantially the same in both cases. In the instant case plaintiff’s wife became a member of defendant in 1889 and was in good standing at the time of her death. She died on April 18, 1918, without having made a written *128designation of beneficiary except by her will, which was as follows:

“I give, devise and…