Beeler v. Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur

Clements (E.J.), District Judge.

This action was brought by the plaintiffs, as guardians of Margaret E. Axtell, minor daughter and beneficiary of J. Edward Axtell, deceased, on a beneficiary certificate for $2,000 issued on June 23, 1916, by defendant to said J. Edward Axtell, who died April 1, 1917. Prom a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiffs, defendant appeals.

The petition is in the usual form employed in such a case,' and all the material allegations. thereof are admitted in defendant’s amended answer. Defendant pleads fraud on the part of the assured in procuring said insurance as a…