Brown v. Iowa Legion of Honor
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court,—Hon. W. P. Work, Judge. Richard B. Combs died on a farm near Wichita, Kan., April 16, 1889, leaving a family composed of his wife, Eliza J. Combs, and children, John C., Anna Mabel and Emma Combs, living at Burlington, Iowa. He held two policies of life insurance, issued by the Iowa Legion of Honor, each providing for the payment of two thousand dollars to his “legal heirs.”
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Appeal from Linn District Court,—Hon. W. P. Work, Judge. Richard B. Combs died on a farm near Wichita, Kan., April 16, 1889, leaving a family composed of his wife, Eliza J. Combs, and children, John C., Anna Mabel and Emma Combs, living at Burlington, Iowa. He held two policies of life insurance, issued by the Iowa Legion of Honor, each providing for the payment of two thousand dollars to his “legal heirs.” Upon proof by affidavit of his death, and that the above children were his heirs, payment in full was made to them. The plaintiff alleged in his petition, making the Iowa Legion of Honor…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The three defendants, other than the Iowa Legion of Honor, are the legitimate children of B. B. Combs, deceased, and to these the entire indemnity of four thousand dollars was paid. The plaintiff is the guardian of Erank A., Burr J., and Lodena Combs, and bases his right of recovery on the claim that they are the illegitimate children of the deceased, and were recognized by him as such. Each of the two certificates provided that Combs was “entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership in the Iowa Legion of Honor, and to participate in the beneficiary fund of the order, to the amount…
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