Screwmen's Benevolent Ass'n. v. Whitridge

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals of the First Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following .statement and question:

“This suit was brought by R. W. Whitridge, as guardian of Victor Albertson, a minor, to recover of the Screwmen’s Benevolent Association the sum of $275 as a death benefit, evidenced by a certificate issued to his deceased father, and in which his deceased mother was named as beneficiary.

“The sole defense urged by the association is that as it was not shown that the mother, the named beneficiary, survived the member, and as the…