United Mutual Life Insurance v. Ward

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff paid into court the money due under a membership certificate of fraternal insurance insuring the life of Beecher, Ward, in which his daughter, Mary J. Smith, was named beneficiary. Defendant Lillian Ward claims the fund by an assignment from the beneficiary executed before the death of Beecher Ward and while Lillian Vas the wife of Beecher Ward. Defendant Beuben Ward, son of Beecher Ward, claims the fund under an oral pledge of the certificate to him by his father as security for indebtedness owing to him by the father. This pledge was made after the assignment by…