Royal Neighbors of America v. Spore

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

Reversing.

In August, 1911, Martha Susan Smith applied to the Royal Neighbors of America, a fraternal insurance organization, for a benefit certificate in the sum of five hundred dollars, which was issued to her September 9, 1911. She died on August 8, 1913, and the insurance or*573ganization having refused to pay the amount of the policy, suit was filed against it in the McCracken Circuit Court by the beneficiaries under the benefit certificate, and upon a trial, they recovered a verdict and judgment; and the defendant appeals.

The insurance society defended upon…