Pope v. W.O.W.

Plaintiff, as the administratrix of her husband's estate, brought suit on a policy or certificate of insurance in the sum of $1000 issued by the defendant, Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World, upon the life of one W.J. Nations, in which certificate Robert J. Pope, husband of plaintiff administratrix, was named as beneficiary. Defendant society filed answer setting up facts to the effect that plaintiff was not entitled to recover, but that the proceeds of the policy should go to Jackson, Norman and Charles Nations, minor children of the insured, and asked that it be permitted to pay the…