Donnelly v. Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World

This is the second appearance in this court of this case. Plaintiff, who is the daughter of the insured, seeks to recover $2,000 on a fraternal beneficiary certificate of life insurance issued by defendant to her father, H. W. Sawyer. The certificate also provides for the payment of $100 for a monument. Mr. Sawyer died July 26, 1918. When the evidence was submitted the court sustained defendant’s motion for judgment and dismissed the action. Plaintiff appealed.

At the former trial plaintiff recovered judgment for the full amount named in the certificate. Defendant appealed from that judgment…