American Ins. Union v. Allen.

The appellant is a fraternal benefit society, and this suit is to recover upon an insurance policy issued upon the life of Mrs. Evolyn L. Allen in which the appel-lee, B. F. Allen, was named as beneficiary. The petition begins as follows:

“Now comes Ben F. Allen for the use and benefit of Mrs. O. A. Dowdy, who resides in Dallas county, Tex., hereinafter called plaintiff, complaining of the Union American Insurance Company, á corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the state of Ohio,” etc.

The petition then proceeds with the usual averments, alleging the issuance of the policy…