World Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Worthing

This action was instituted by Ada Worthing against the World Mutual Benefit Association to recover the sum of $1,000, claimed' to be due on a policy of life insurance issued by the defendant to Zeno Worthing. The insurance was originally taken out for the benefit of Yina Worthing, the wife of the insured, but, for reasons not necessary to mention, the old policy was, in June, 1894, superseded by a new one in which the plaintiff; was designated as the beneficiary. The trial of the cause to a jury in the district court of Douglas county resulted in a verdict and judgment against the defendant.…