Jaklevic v. Supreme Lodge of the Fraternal Brotherhood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jochems, J.:

This action was brought on a benefit certificate issued by a fraternal insurance society. The interveners recovered judgment, and defendant appeals.

The suit was originally brought by one Katie Jaklevic. The petition was filed on October 1, 1928, and alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was named beneficiary in the policy; that she was a *204first cousin of the insured,_ Mary Martinac; that Mary Martinac died on October 3,1927, while a member of the defendant society in good standing; that plaintiff filed proper proofs of death and fully…